| Figure 5 “Mahogany Cabinet-Topped Block-Front Scrutoir, Messrs. Brown & Ives, Bankers, Providence, U.S.A., Circa 1775.” From Edwin Foley, The Book of Decorative Furniture: Its Form, Colour, and History, 2 vols. (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1912), 2: plate 61. (Courtesy, Printed Book and Periodical Collection, Winterthur Museum Library.) | |
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