Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 591
uch rich hardware as is common abroad showed itself in America—at least none remains. And we do not regret it. These simpler designs aresufficiently attractive and mark the decorative sense of the colonists betterthan the mere importation of something on which they had not put outtheir skill. The… … OF the numerous knockers here shown, all in iron because the brassknocker is later, 302 was found on a door of a 17th Century house nearHaverhill. It is like 306, except that it has stamped on it a series of decora-tive rings. 305 is a rope twist found in Newfoundland, as was also 300. The…
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