Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 454
n the authors collection. This piece wasfound in Plymouth. The piece is very perfect and has never been tam-pered with, or restored, nor does it require it. The top is pine. The paintis all original. The points of merit are the boldly scrolled skirt and the finecondition of the feet and the unusual… … problematical, but in the i8th Cen-tury the shoe base of tables seemsto have been abandoned almostwholly, even at the beginning. Pine when knotty as we now findmost of it, is difficult to work. Butthe clear pine available in the 17thCentury was a delight. Furthermorewhere not subject to wear, it is…
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