Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 560
ood woodwork, asit was considered a refinement and somewhat of a luxury. None of these hinges were common. The upper examples were used withgudgeons, which were never ground but merely hammered. The fastening was by hand wrought nails. It was custom to use a bit ofleather, through which the nail… … 1-3 i THE Hinge 21 is made with an offset on the short end of about an inch,or whatever the thickness of the material was to which attachment wasmade. It is called a chest hinge, though the usual chest hinge on Americanwork was a pin hinge, like the cotter pin, two loops of tapered wire or…
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