Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 333
. The author has doubts concerning this cradle. An oddcircumstance is that the four great panels in the sides are of pine, whereasthe end panels are oak. Experts in wood claim that the oak of which thepiece is chiefly composed is American. In this connection we may call at-tention to an odd fact… … in the body of the wood, thus reversing the coloring. The piece before usbears no evidence of any apphcation of finish nor has it ever been cleaned.It is satisfyingly heavy and substantial. It is perhaps unique in having a gallery, not only at the sides of the hood,but also at the back. The…
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