Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 148
ther, playing with the two endfigures which, it is not astonishing to relate, havenot been seen since those years. The figures were 122 Furniture of the Olden Time carved from wood, of men at worlc at their trade ofcabinet-making, and the boys who were given thecarved figures for toys played that… … lllus. 82. — Block-front Writing-table, 1760-1770. The block-front mahogany desk in Illustration81 shows the blocked slanting lid. The brasses areoriginal and are unusually large and fine. Thisdesk belongs to Dwight Blaney, Esq., of Boston. Illustration 82 shows a beautiful little piece…
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