Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 551
s ourancestors learned that they could shave pine shingles more rapidly than theycould make clapboards, they did so. The shingles were more durable.On the rear of the John Alden side wall they are probably original. Thelong shingle is quainter. It could be used only where the best straight-grained… … A PAGE of burl bowls, accompanied by quaint wooden spoons or ladles.The property of Mr. Albert C. Bates, of Hartford. The little instrumentsbetween the bowls, above, are Indian tools, consisting of minute parallelknives, for stripping up wood for basket work. The Indians made bowlsand the settlers…
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