Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 240
Settles, Settees, and Sofas 215 and pressed again. The strong back made in thisway was then elaborately carved, in an openworkpattern of vines and leaves. The sofas of these setswere usually in the shape shown in Illustration 181,which belongs to Mrs. M. Newman of New York.Many of the wealthv… … T HE earliest form oftable in use in thiscountry was invento-ried in 1642 as a tablebord, and the name occurs inEnglish inventories one hundredyears earlier. The name boardwas given quite literally fromthe table top, which was a boardmade separately from the sup-porting trestles, and which, aftera…
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