The Pennsylvania Dutch and Their FurnitureDescribes the lifestyle of early German settlers in Pennsylvania, the furniture they made by hand, and the designs, techniques, and materials for making reproductions of their chairs, tables, and chests |
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18th century American Design Amish barns bench Berks County built in Pennsylvania carved Center of Lancaster chair chest of drawers colonies colors Conestoga Conestoga Wagon construction corner cupboard craftsmen DADO desk Dough dovetails dower chest early 19th century early Pennsylvania Ephrata Cloister Francis du Pont FRONT furniture Gallery of Art GRAPH Harrisburg Henry Ford Museum Henry Francis Heritage Center Hershey Museum hex signs hinges Index of American inlaid joints Lancaster County Landis Valley Lebanon County Lutherans measured drawing Mennonites Mercer Museum Metropolitan Museum MOLDING mortise Museum in Britain Museum of American Museum of Art Museum of Landis National Gallery originated in Pennsylvania painted decorations panels Penn Memorial Museum Pennsyl Pennsylvania German Philadelphia Museum Photo by author pine Pont Winterthur Museum RABBET RAIL religious Rock Ford Plantation sawbuck table scrolled stencil sylvania TENON tion vania wagon walnut William Penn William Penn Memorial wood yellow York