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Furniture of the olden time (1902)

Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 86

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62 Furniture of the Olden Time Jaques, who built the meeting house with greatneedles and little needles pointing downward,fashioned this cradle, whose worn rockers bear wit-ness to the many generations of babies who haveslept within its sturdy frame. It is now in therooms of the Newburyport… … lllus. 44. — Bedstead and Commode. 1750. the sides of its wooden hood, to a cradle dated 1691,in the South Kensington Museum. Cupboard bedsteads and presse bedsteads are mentioned in the inventories. They wereprobably the same as the Dutch slaw-bank, andwhen not in use they were fastened up against…

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