The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 365
he table. Both forms and stools arefrequently mentioned in early colonial inventories. Doubtless the first chairs of the English colonistswere either turned armed cheares with fine rushebottoms, or the solidly built wainscot or enclosedchairs. Of the first kind is Elder Brewsters… … 272 DECORATIVE FURNITURE jDresidents chair at Harvard College — is referred to by WendellHolmes in his lines:— A chair of oak— Funny old chair with seat like wedge,Sharp behind and broad front edge,One of the oddest of human things,Turned all over with nobs and rings;But heavy, and wide, and deep,…
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