Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1916)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917, Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, joint author · New York, Macmillan · leaf 102
decoration ofsimple rooms, especially bedrooms. The woods used principally in themaking of Colonial furniture weremahogany, rosewood, walnut, cherry,and birch. In some furniture we find,instead of the solid mahogany, somesoft wood or occasionally mahoganybacking veneered with a layer ofmahogany.… … Courtesy of The Popular Shop. Fig. 32. —Willow chair forliving or bed room. 82 SHELTER AND CLOTHING nut furniture in America was a poor one. The wood wassubjected to so many groovings, and the furniture orna-mented with so many poor designs stuck on the surface,that Httle of the old walnut was…
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