Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 375
thegroove for which may be seen immediately under the frame. The object ofsuch slides, which were not uncommon, was partly the extension of thearea of the table and partly an accommodation to a worker sitting by thetable. The lower level afforded a convenience; as for instance, when thechildren… … THIS curious table is owned by the Metropolitan Museum, but is notyet on exhibition. It contains a box or hutch below the top, which latter ismade to slide, the cleats being in the grooved form. The panels are en-croached on at the bottom by the base mold of the frame. It would havebeen far better…
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