Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 313
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… … Illus. 245. — Fireplace, 1770-1775. of the eighteenth century its size had diminished.iVJany of the larger ones were partially filled in.The fireplace in the Ipswich Whipple house, whenthe house was bought by the society which nowowns It, had been bricked in twice-Lee to makithe space less, and the…
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