Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 312
hows a pair of Hessians madeof iron. Andironsof this style werevery popular im-mediately after theRevolutionary War,the figures of thehated allies of the British thus receiving thetreatment with flame and ashes that Americans con-sidered the originals to merit, to say nothing ofworse indignities… … IIlus. 244. — Hessian Andirons, 1 776. 290 Furniture of the Olden Time are mentioned in early inventories. They were lowirons placed between the andirons, to hold shortsticks. As wood grew less plentiful, and as the forestsnear by were cleared away, it was not so easy toobtain the huge backlog and…
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