Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 166
142 Furniture of the Olden Time The wainscot chair was made entirely of wood, usu-ally oak, with a panelled back, from which came thename wainscot. Its valuation in inventories was twoor three times that of the turned chair, which is prob-ably the reason why wainscot chairs are rarely found. … Illus. 96 and lllus. 97. —Turned Chairs, about 1600. The finest wainscot chair In this country is shownin Illustration 98. It belongs to the Essex Insti-tute ot Salem, having been given to that society In1821 by a descendant of the original owner, SarahDennis of Ipswich, who possessed two of…
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