. The Jacob Paxson Temple collection of early American furniture and objects of art [electronic resource]. ht over from the old country all the traditions of buildingand craftsmanship. The solid stone-built houses and barns still bearwitness how these sturdy settlers soon reached prosperity, and themany traces of their arts and crafts show their craving for simplebeauty, which expressed their pious thankfulness for the blessing oftheir work. Mr. Temple has gathered a rich harvest from remote Pennsyl-vania farms. His collection contains a number of pieces of furniturein soft wood, of simple exp
. The Jacob Paxson Temple collection of early American furniture and objects of art [electronic resource]. ht over from the old country all the traditions of buildingand craftsmanship. The solid stone-built houses and barns still bearwitness how these sturdy settlers soon reached prosperity, and themany traces of their arts and crafts show their craving for simplebeauty, which expressed their pious thankfulness for the blessing oftheir work. Mr. Temple has gathered a rich harvest from remote Pennsyl-vania farms. His collection contains a number of pieces of furniturein soft wood, of simple expressive design, sometimes painted, some ofw hich may have been built by the early settlers in the 17th wardrobes, corner cabinets, and highboys were built by themodest cabinet maker in the small cities after the model of the furni-ture which they saw in the houses of the merchants and bankers inPhiladelphia. The peasant always has a craving for the comfort ofthe city, but he understands it in his own way. And the stronglybuilt massive and cozy pieces of furniture tell us a charming story. THREE SPECIMENS or TUCKEB CHINA, 1825-1889 27 LARGE CHINESE LOWESTOFT BOWL, 1<SIII CENTUBV of the hidden ambitions of the little townsmen. The most attractivepieces of Pennsylvania-(iernian furniture are perhaps the paintedbridal chests, in which survives the type Of the Dutch and GermanRenaissance chest. With their gaily conventionalized red and yellowtulips, they are the main motif of decoration in all Pcnnsylvania- German houses. Besides the chests there are also other pieces of furniture withthe same tulip decoration, and we find il again combined with mostamusing compositions of cavaliers and ladies and hunters on the gayoval hat boxes of which -Mr. Temple owns several rare specimens, andwhich are real masterpieces of naive peasant art. Hut the truest expression of Pennsylvania-German art is foundin the work of the potters of Bucks and Montgomery Counties. Thisdelightful
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