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Furniture of the olden time (1902)

Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 119

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the sideboard in Illustration 67. iilus. 62. —Urn- Mahogany was the wood chiefly bo?l79o^used in sideboards, with inlayings ofsatinwood, holly, king, tulip, snake, zebra, yew,maple, and other woods. Occasionally one findsa sideboard veneered with walnut. The curves atthe front vary considerablv,… … 94 Furniture of the Olden Time Illustration 6^ shows a Hepplewhite sideboardowned by the writer. It is of mahogany veneeredupon pine, and it was probably the work of a Con-necticut cabinet-maker of about 1790. Six chairs,made to go with the sideboard, are similarly inlaid,and the knife-boxes, which…

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