Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 233
llar was em-ployed before, this sofa has a carved pineappleforming the support to the arrn, which ends in ascroll. Instead of four front legs either plain or fluted,there are two of larger size carved with the sameleaves which sheathe the pineapple. The coveringis horsehair, which was probably the… … the Old Manse, afterward occupied by Hawthorne.The sofa remained in the manse until comparativelyrecent years. The sofa in Illustration 175 belongs to the MissesHosmer of Concord, and stands in their old house,filled with the furniture of generations past, andinteresting with memories of the…
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