Project Gutenberg 2016-09-15 Public domain in the USA. 91 Morse, Frances Clary Furniture of the Olden Time Produced by Giovanni Fini, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Furniture of the Olden Time" by Frances Clary Morse is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the evolution of furniture design and craftsmanship in early America, particularly focusing on the colonial period through the 18th century. It delves into various types of furniture, including chests, cupboards, and bedsteads, while also examining the materials used and the craftsmen who created these pieces. The opening of the work introduces the typology of furniture during the American colonial era, illustrating how furniture transitioned from English imports to locally crafted items. Morse highlights the early usage of basic forms such as benches and chests, detailing the incorporation of drawer designs over time and the influence of Dutch and English styles. Using examples from historical inventories and anecdotes, the author paints a vivid picture of the significance of furniture in domestic life and the craftsmanship behind its evolution, setting the stage for the detailed examination to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Furniture NK Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 662116 662122 2024-09-22T06:06:57.954069 2023-09-23T04:43:35.893099 text/html text/html 653011 2016-09-15T10:58:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 8602861 2016-09-15T10:58:58 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 9299227 2024-09-22T06:07:16.990996 application/epub+zip 9294821 2024-09-22T06:07:03.089075 application/epub+zip 249933 2024-09-22T06:07:00.495080 application/epub+zip 9424522 2024-09-22T06:07:24.536934 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9379264 2024-09-22T06:07:14.191037 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389968 2022-09-24T04:59:20.469870 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444112 443887 2024-09-22T06:06:53.482145 2023-09-23T04:43:30.744050 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 444280 2016-09-15T10:58:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 143762 2016-09-15T10:58:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17618 2024-09-22T06:07:24.709953 application/rdf+xml 16522 2024-09-22T06:07:00.725075 image/jpeg 2476 2024-09-22T06:07:00.613076 image/jpeg 8752774 2024-09-22T06:06:59.077080 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog