Project Gutenberg 2016-09-15 Public domain in the USA. 244 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.) Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Furniture NK Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Category: History - American Category: Art 662300 2025-06-21T08:13:18.425764 text/html 632558 2024-10-23T01:07:31 text/html 9299264 2025-06-21T08:13:37.857770 application/epub+zip 9294785 2025-06-21T08:13:23.620749 application/epub+zip 249888 2025-06-21T08:13:20.947779 application/epub+zip 9424554 2025-06-21T08:13:45.745619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9379278 2025-06-21T08:13:34.908729 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389968 2022-09-24T04:59:20.469870 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 443929 2025-06-21T08:13:14.551774 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 423948 2024-10-23T01:07:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15561 2025-06-21T08:13:45.949617 application/rdf+xml 16522 2025-06-21T08:13:21.182780 image/jpeg 2476 2025-06-21T08:13:21.068710 image/jpeg 8752834 2025-06-21T08:13:19.468790 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog