Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 44
ide, and is madeof oak, with one drawer. It is in the collection ofCharles R. Waters, Esq., of Salem. Illustration 7 18 Furniture of the Olden Time is slightly taller, with one drawer. This chest is inthe collection of the late Major Ben Perley Poore,at Indian Hill. Such chests upon frames are… … Illus. 6. — Carved Chest with Three Drawers, about 1700. ally coming into fashion during the latter half ofthe seventeenth century, and possibly being its fore-runner. Chests continued in manufacture and inuse until after 1700, but they were probably notmade later than 1720 in any numbers, as…
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