Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 219
, and ex-amples of early Yankee ingenuity, in the provision of our forefathers forthemselves of articles which they were unable to buy either from lack of amarket or a purse. Often the Carver is found converted into a rocker and cut down from oneto three inches, and the balls of the front posts are… … ON the left is what we have named apilgrim slat back. It is of the sameperiod as the Carvxr and Brewster.Its only variation from the Carver isin the back, which has from two to fourslats. This specimen dates about 1650.On the next page is a truly superbexample of a four back pilgrim chair.Owner:…
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