Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 244
218 Furniture of the Olden Time A chair table is shown in Illustration 182. Thetable top is put back in the illustration, so that thepiece can be pushed against the wall and used as achair. Chair tables always had the drawer beneaththe seat. They are inventoried as early as 1644. … lllus. 183. —Oak Table, 1650-1675. This chair table belongs to Dwight Blaney, Esq., ofBoston. The framed or joined table had turned legs, withstretchers between, and a drawer under the table top.Illustration 183 shows an oak table formerly ownedin the Coffin family, and now in the building of…
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