Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 310
another Ameri-can piece like this. Its date may be 1670-1690. An interesting question arises with the high stretcher so placed on oneside and not on the other. This construction is not unique. It was easier,of course, to draw the feet under the stool on the side unobstructed by thehigh stretcher.… … A fashion is noted of showingostensibly old stools and tableswith the leg coming square tothe floor as if this was a mark ofage or of original condition. Inno case have we ever seen anearly American piece that wasturned above the stretcher, andwas not also turned below it. Date: 1650-1680. We…
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