Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 299
d with foot-stools, to escape the cold of the floor.Low stools were called crickets, in some sections ot New England. Ofcourse our word stool is practically the same as the German word for chair.This etymology suggests that at one time chairs with low backs were calledstools. The middle piece above… … A CHAIR recently seen, belonging to Mr. I. Sack, which has a swingingtilting table that may or may not be original with the chair. The contri-vance is a two-part box-bearing fitted to the post by fastening the two partstogether. An arm was then attached and the little round table, rather smallfor…
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