Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 35
and joined chests and wainscotchests were probably terms applied to panelled lO .v>^ I Chests, Chests of Drawers, Dressing-tables 11 chests to distinguish them from those of plain boards,which were common in every household, and whichwere brought to this country on the ships with thecolonists,… … lllus. 1.— Oak Cricst, about ItoO. Illustration i shows a chest now in MemorialHall, at Deerfield, which was taken from the housewhere the Indians made their famous attack in 1704.The top of the chest is missing, and the feet, whichwere continuations of the stiles, are worn away orsawed off. The…
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