Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 549
e the constructiondemanded that the body of the post shouldbe square. The happiest effects, and unfor-tunately the rarest, were in the turnings ofstandards for candle stands. The so-calledsquare turnings on stair posts were takenbodily from cathedral finials. It is curious that the applied turnings… … ,:..-i. A BURL Bowl, probably of maple. Owner: the author. The extraordi-nary character of the piece, owing to its size, the diameter being 23 inches,also its having ears carved upon it, and the great beauty of the wood, rendersit highly important. It is presumed that the Indians found here by our…
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