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Furniture of the olden time (1902)

Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 52

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as JohnSherburne, whoseson married thedaughter of ColonelWarner. The legsof this chest wereruthlessly sawed offmany years ago, inorder that it mightstand in a low-ceil-inged room, and itis only in compara-tively recent yearsthat it has belongedto the branch of the lllus. 14. —Inlaid Walnut High… … Chests, Chests of Drawers, Dressing-tables 27 A walnut high chest of a somewhat later type isshown in Illustration 15, owned by Mrs. Dr. RufusWoodward of Worcester. It is of walnut veneeredupon pine, and theshells upon the up-per and lower middledrawers are gilded,for they are, of course,carved…

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