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Many hands, many voices: southern furniture at MESDA.(Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts)
The Magazine Antiques
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January 01, 2007 |
Leath, Robert A. |
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In 1607, when Captain John Smith (1580-1631) first set foot on Virginia's shores, he was struck by the abundant natural resources of the new continent. Describing the forests to potential colonists in Europe, Smith noted that "all the Country is over-growne with trees ... many of their Okes are so tall and straight ... Elme, some black walnut tree, and. some Ash ... Of walnuts there is 2 or 3 kindes; there is a kind of wood we called Cypress, because both the wood, the fruit, and leafe did most resemble it." (1) Within a few years, newly arrived settlers began to convert these trees into objects for everyday use--chairs and stools, tables, chests, and cupboards. Some were ...
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