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Furniture of the olden time (1913)

Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 62

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sobelongs to thewriter. It is ofwalnut, like themajority of simi-lar pieces, and isfinely carved butis not so gracefulas Illustration279. The handlesare the originalones and are verylarge and hand-some. H igh chestsand the accom-panying dressing-tables continuedin use until thelater years of… … Illus. 23.—Walnut Dressing-table, about 1770. fluted columns at the corners, and an urn with gar-lands above the flat top. It is probable, however,that high chests of drawers were not made in anynumber after 1790. CHAPTER II BUREAUS AND WASHSTANDS

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