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Lyon, Irving Whitall, 1840-1896. / The colonial furniture of New England
(1891)
[Appendix:] a table of prices for cabinet work in Hartford, Conn., in 1792, pp. 267-270
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268 APPENDIX BOOK CASES. For a plain Book-Case 3 feet long, 2 17 0 Ditto 3 feet 8 inches long, large dental moulding, 3 6 o Ditto with pediment head, mitre'd doors and balls, 4 4 o Ditto with scrowl'd head and fluted pilasters, 12 0 CHEST ON CHEST. For a plain Chest on Chest, bottom chest 31 feet long, 7 0 0 Ditto with Columns, 8 4 0 Ditto with scrowl'd head 3 feet 9 inches long, ii o 0 Ditto swell'd front, claw feet and carv'd mouldings, x5 o o BEAUREAUS. For a plain Bureau, plain feet, 3 feet long, 2 18 o Ditto with swell'd feet, 3 feet 4 inches long, 3 6 o Ditto with swell'd front, 3 feet long, 4 15 0 Ditto 3 feet 4 inches long, 5 0 0 Ditto with claw feet, 5 Io 0 Ditto with columns, claw feet and carv'd mouldings, 6 o o (All trimmings for the above draws excluded.) TABLES, &C. For a dining Table 4j by 5 feet, 2 12 0 Ditto with six legs, 2 15 0 Ditto 4 by 4 feet, with four legs, 2 3 0 Ditto 3 feet 9 inches, by 4 feet 3 inches, 2 10 a Ditto 3 by 4 feet, i 16 o For a plain Breakfast Table, i 7 0 Ditto with stretchers, 1 9 0 Ditto with drawer trim'd, 1 13 0
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