Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 399
ches long. Theexamination the author made of the table was some time since, and hecannot say whether the top is original. The shape is against the presump-tion of originality; so also is the narrowness of the leaf, which should forthe best style be clearly double what it is. The table is… … A HEAVY Turned Trestle-Gate-Leg Table. Owner: the author. Date:1660-90. Wood: cherry. It is a very early example of the use of cherry.It would seem hardly necessary to slot the base for the flat gate, but so wefind it; an unusual form. The shoes are pretty well worn down, on their uppers, as one…
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