Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 108
A CHEST-ON-FRAME, from the collection of Miss C. M. Traver,New York City. This fine specimen is in its original condition. It is a ques-tion, mooted among antiquarians, whether these chests, with squarestretchers, had a shelf upon them. If the chest opposite this is correctthe shelf must have been… … A CHEST-ON-FRAME owned by the Rhode Island School of Design.The foliage decoration, a branch of delicate sprays, is clearly discernible.This decoration is usually in black on a red ground. These simple littlechests are of the class desired because of their size, their variety, and theirmerit. [90]…
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