Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 349
A BED of Maple, in the Geo. F. Ives Collection, Danbury, Connecticut.This bed is made with a joint in the frame near the head, for folding underthe canopy, the drapery of which may then be drawn down over it. Belowthe head was a small cabinet for holding linen. Date: i8th Century. I330I … ABOVE is an oak four poster. This bed is so far as the writer knows theonly example of an American high poster in oak. He had the good fortune tofind it in Wethersfield, Connecticut. The owner of the last generation hadcut off one of the posts for a ball bat! There is no manner of estimatingits…
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