Tag Archives: birch
The Butler did it.
Wood has been used since time immemorial for making such things as rudimentary sticks for whacking animate and inanimate things with, to shelters and furniture etc. But wood really came into its own in the mid-nineteenth-century for creating the most … Continue reading
Posted in Distractions
Tagged ash, balsa, birch, Godwin Meade Pratt Swifte, larch, mahogany, screw, spruce, walnut
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Buckets begorrah!
This year I decided to mark Saint Patrick’s Day with a post celebrating some peculiarly Irish furniture. Ireland is a country that incites endless superlatives as the result of her lush scenery and vistas, culture, and – amongst many unique products … Continue reading
Posted in Antiques, Distractions
Tagged alder, ash, birch, coopered, creel, Ireland, Irish, mahogany, oak, peat, plate buckets, reeding, Saint Patrick's Day, turf, wooden pails, writhen
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Pegs and 'Tails 