One dozen Turkey work chairs. One dozen double-nailed leather chairs. Two dozen single-nailed leather chairs. One Turkey worked carpet. Three suits of curtains and valances. Four bedsteads. Ten blankets. One glass case. One dozen drinking-glasses. Four tables. One oval table. Three chests of drawers. Four looking-glasses. Four feather beds, bolsters, and pillows. Two dressing boxes. One close stool. One warming pan. Two bed pans. Three pewter tankards. Four kettles. Two iron pots. One skillet. Three pairs of fire irons. One pair of andirons. Three chafing dishes. One gridiron. One flesh fork. One brass skimmer. Four brass candlesticks. Two pewter candlesticks. Four tin candlesticks. One brass pestle. One iron mortar. Five carpets or rugs. One screen frame. Two stands. One desk. 2½ dozen pewter plates. Five pewter basins. Thirteen pewter dishes. Five leather buckets. One pipe Madeira wine. One half-pipe Madeira wine. Three barrels pricked cider. Two pewter salt-cellars. Three boxes smoothing irons. Six heaters. One pair small andirons. Three pairs tongs. Two fire shovels. Two fenders. One spit. One jack. One clock. One coat of arms. Three quilts. Parcel linen sheets, table cloths, napkins, value thirty dollars. One hundred and four ounces silver plate, value three hundred dollars."[226] The floors were not carpeted in colonial times till late in the period, and, really, a carpet in those days was not to place on a floor but it was a cover for a table or cupboard. Sometimes sand was placed over the parlor floor and marked off into ornamental figures. The walls of the rooms were wainscoted and painted. In some of the houses of the wealthy, there were hung on the walls rich cloths and tapestries and sometimes leathern hangings and in later times there were paper-hangings of strong and heavy material. The ceilings were usually left entirely open, showing the beams and rafters, often rough hewn. Prints were placed on the walls, beings pictures of ships, battle scenes, and the like, and there were paintings, usually portraits of ancestors.