Furniture of the Pilgrim Century; 1620-1720, Including Colonial Utensils and Hardware by Wallace Nutting
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...Date: 1710-50. The older the cradle the deeper the sides, presumably for greater protection against cold gusts. The cradle was drawn near the fireplace, its foot to the fire. Some examples show slight charring. The connection between rocking chairs and cradles is suggestive of the origin of the rocking chair. An Englishman of our acquaintance stated that his mother bounced back and forth as she fondled him in a chair without rockers, whose posts were worn in a rounded form as a consequence. Rockers seem to have obtained popularity in America only, and it is very probable that they were introduced in connection with the care of children. To this day such chairs in England are spoken of as American rockers. A PANELED Cradle of Beech. It is in the Branford, Connecticut, Public Library. The cradle belongs to the Plant family, from the Mill Plain District of the town. It has been traced back to Jonathan Barker, born 1705. The sides are not quite vertical, and the head, in this form, is not so early as that on the Fuller cradle, page 315. The careful paneling of the head, as well as all other parts, mark a distinguished article of furniture. The paneling of the head is perhaps not known in another American cradle of this date, about 1690-1710. The condition is rather dilapidated, but by small repairs could be much improved. The rockers seem not to be original. In the turned and extended corner posts we have a reminiscence of earlier 17th Century work. THE Room above is the parlor chamber in the Saugus Iron Works House. This house, together with all the chain of houses once in the possession of the writer, has been dismantled and the furniture dissipated and the houses are no longer in the possession of the author, nor is iron work now carried on at this center. T...
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