. The Jacob Paxson Temple collection of early American furniture and objects of art [electronic resource]. R BIA N A RT In recent years the attention of collectors of Americana has heendirected towards the most pathetic works of home-eraftsinanship, tell-ing of the toils and sorrows of the early settlers. A grain chest ofsoft wood, a tahle. a settle dial formerly would have heen hurncd asold lumber, are now treasured. For besides their extreme simplicity,these pieces remind us of the unknown soldiers of civilization, who laidthe foundations of this great country. It is the art of the humblefar
. The Jacob Paxson Temple collection of early American furniture and objects of art [electronic resource]. R BIA N A RT In recent years the attention of collectors of Americana has heendirected towards the most pathetic works of home-eraftsinanship, tell-ing of the toils and sorrows of the early settlers. A grain chest ofsoft wood, a tahle. a settle dial formerly would have heen hurncd asold lumber, are now treasured. For besides their extreme simplicity,these pieces remind us of the unknown soldiers of civilization, who laidthe foundations of this great country. It is the art of the humblefarm cottage, and the pioneers log cabin. In Pennsylvania this peasant style began and developed underparticular circumstances. Vast stretches of land, almost entire coun-ties, were settled by humble immigrants, coining mainly from Palatinate, and I lessen, who tried to escape the misery of Ger-many after the Thirty Years War, and the oppression of princelingswho vainly tried to rival the luxury- of the King of France. Theysettled in Pennsylvania from the second half of the 17th century and 26. iHKKK SriXIMKNS OF TlCKKH CHINA. 8.*3!) they brought 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
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