Excerpt from Constance Aylmar: A Story of the Seventeenth Century The adornments of the room in which this master of the house sat, were no less quaint than himself. The oor was white as new pine, and sanded in hieroglyphical figures, which the English girl was in constant danger of brushing out with the long sweep of her dress. The whitewashed walls were zigzagged with a dye as blue as Dame Zwaller's new stockings. A dresser stood at one end of the room, every shelf of which was filled with rows of shining dishes and ...
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Excerpt from Constance Aylmar: A Story of the Seventeenth Century The adornments of the room in which this master of the house sat, were no less quaint than himself. The oor was white as new pine, and sanded in hieroglyphical figures, which the English girl was in constant danger of brushing out with the long sweep of her dress. The whitewashed walls were zigzagged with a dye as blue as Dame Zwaller's new stockings. A dresser stood at one end of the room, every shelf of which was filled with rows of shining dishes and polished pewter cups. The uppermost displayed a set of Delft china, used only on state occasions. It had long been the provoker of many envious and ill natured speeches at the expense of the proud house wife. A tall clock, pictured with the sun and moon, majestically ticked in the corner, and a spinning wheel stood idle before the narrow window. Over the door two ri es were crossed, within ready reach; and above the high mantel hung a huge bow, which had been obtained from an Indian chief for a string of buttons. Two pewter candle-holders, as bright as silver, shone upon the mantel, and sundry small doors, fastened by wooden buttons, varied the bare ness of the great chimney wall, besides serving as hiding-places for whatever was uncouth in the neat dame's eyes. Two iron-bound chests, one of which contained the burgomaster's papers and books (the contents of the other, even Vrow Van Wei], who came oncc'a week to gossip, could not find out), together with several broad-seated oak chairs, and a claw - footed table, curiously carved, completed the furniture of the family room of the finest house in New Amsterdam, except the Governor's. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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