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Title: The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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as an evolution of the chest.Handsome examples are rarely found in thiscountry, although there are many varieties ofthe fire-side settle in painted pine and oakfound in New England, with a shelf to holda candle. The settles which appeared in thelatter part of the i8th century, following theChippendale, Sheraton, and Heppelwhite designs,might better be termed sofas, which later tookon the Empire designs, with claw-and-ball andwings-and-claw feet, and cornucopia andswan-neck ends. Beds were among the first and most fre-quently mentioned articles of furniture in wills,being highly prized. In the 17th century theSouthern planters owmed elaborate Europeanbedsteads, usually of oak. In New Englandthey were very simple affairs, while among theDutch the bed, at first, was only a sort of bunk.The four-poster soon supplanted all, first of oak,but later of mahogany. Some were most elabo-rate, with rope-carved, or pineapple and acan-thus-leaf posts, and ball-and-claw feet, with COLONIAL FURNITURE.
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1-5. Handles. 6. Dressing taljle.— Constitution mirror. 7. High-boy. S. Windsor chair,9. Four-post bed. FURNITURE tester drapery, valance, curtains and coverlet tomatch, of white or bright colored materials,chiefly drugget, lindsey-woolsey, or dimity,though later chintz was popular. In the South,mosquito canopies were prevalent, sometimescolored to match the color scheme of the room.Feather beds were universally used, resting onropes or sacking pulled taut, and owing to theirheight, bed steps were necessary. We alsofind mention of turkey feathers and cat-tailsbeing used as fillings, and early in the l8th cen-tury hair mattresses appeared. Cupboards were usually built into the w-all,and whether called livery, court, standing,or press, were all fitted with light movableshelves to hold linen and display china andglass. There are few of these open cupboardsto-day. First the upper part was enclosed withdoors (later ones show glass doors with latticework), afterward a drawer was added, th

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