Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 318
probable that the colonists did not at first feel its admirable quali-ties. Once the Windsor Chair had come in, hickory found its place. Beech was less common here than in England. Maple, therefore, for themost part took its place. Enough beech was available had it been reallypreferable. The woods… … A WALNUT Day-bed with Spanish feet on the last pair of legs, the othersbeing plain turned. It is the property of the author. There was an ancientinscription attached to the under side declaring that the piece belonged toClarissa Griswold, of Killingworth, Connecticut. The date is about 16901710.…
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