Colonial Homes and Their FurnishingsNorthend, Mary Harrod
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Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings
Northend, Mary Harrod
Architecture, Colonial; Furniture -- United States
XV. Hallway of Wentworth House, 1750 61
XVI. Historic Fireplace at Ipswich, Mass. 64
XVII. Old Fireplace in Wentworth House, Portsmouth,
N. H. 65
XVIII. First Hob Grate in New England, Waters
House; Mantel Glass and Fireplace, showing
decoration of floral basket 70
XIX. Middleton House Steeple Top Andirons, and
Bellows; Southern Andirons, Atkinson
Collection 71
XX. Cupid and Psyche paper, Safford House 80
XXI. Venetian paper in Wheelwright House, Newburyport 81
XXII. Roman Ruins paper, Lee Mansion, Marblehead 86
XXIII. Adventures of Telemachus paper, Nymphs
Swinging 87
XXIV. Queen Anne Fiddle Back; Queen Anne,
Stuffed Chair; Dutch Chair, carved;
Empire Lyre-backed Roundabout, on
Chippendale lines, 1825 92
XXV. Chippendale, Lord Timothy Dexter's Collection,
H. P. Benson; French Chair, showing
Empire influence; Flemish Chair;
Banister-back Chair 93
XXVI. Chippendale Armchair, showing straight,
square legs; Chippendale Chair; Chippendale,
one of a set of six, showing
Rosette design; Chippendale Armchair
with Cabriole legs, Ball and Claw feet 96
XXVII. Empire Sofa; Cornucopia Sofa; Sofa in
Adams style, about 1800 97
XXVIII. Sheraton, mahogany frame, about 1800;
Sheraton, with solid arms, and straight,
slender legs; Sheraton, about 1790.
Note the graceful curve of the arms 100
XXIX. Sheraton, about 1800; Sofa, about 1820;
Sofa, about 1820, with winged legs 101
XXX. Sheraton Night Table; Block Front Bureau
Desk, owned by Dr. Ernest H.
Noyes, Newburyport, Mass.; Cellarette,
1790, owned originally by Robert Morris 106
XXXI. Dressing Glass, with Petticoat legs; Empire
Bureau, 1816 107
XXXII. Chest of Drawers, 1710; Six-legged High
Chest of Drawers, about 1705 108
XXXIII. Dressing Table, with brass feet; Bureau
and Dressing Glass 109
XXXIV. Block Front Bureau Desk, owned by
Nathan C. Osgood. One of the best
specimens in New England; oak paneled
Chest, about 1675 112
XXXV. Secretary, showing Shell ornamentation;
Highboy with Shell ornamentation and
Ball and Claw feet, 1760; Highboy with
Shell ornamentation 113
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