Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 430
^ inches. Its hight is 28 inches. The frame is 21 by32 inches. Date about 1680-1690. We think of the furniture of our fathers asheavy. Their passion for permanence was greater than ours. But ourimpressions of them are not accurate, judged by their remaining work,for the heavy work mostly survived,… … A HEAVY Oak Tavern Table. Date: 1670-90. Owner unknown.The crude heavy brackets and the general character show the traditionsof the middle of the 17th Century. The feet are missing. The tools of the 17th Century were, with the exception of saw mills,hand tools. The abundant water power introduced…
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