A tryal of glasse
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Jamestown glasshouse is commonly known as the first true manufacturing plant in America in spite of its failure in 1608 to establish the first factory in the New World as their entrepreneurial venture faced hardships like under-financing and poor resources to illness, starvation, mutiny and massacre. The Jamestown glasshouse is reconstructed near the preserved ruins of Glasshouse Point where costumed interpreters teach visitors about the site's glassmaking history and demonstrate its technique.
Publication Name: Early American Life (Camp Hill, PA)
Subject: Home furnishings industry
ISSN: 1534-2042
Year: 2007
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Lighting the night
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The innovation of light manufacturers in providing exterior lighting fixtures to restored Colonial homes is discussed. They create 1700s-like fixtures since real exterior lightings were not available during the Colonial period.
Publication Name: Early American Life (Camp Hill, PA)
Subject: Home furnishings industry
ISSN: 1534-2042
Year: 2008
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Tables for tea
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European traders together with tea brought back Asian tables and exotic woods to make tea tables. Sturdy tea tables are still made by cabinetmakers and are of two types, rectangular with four legs and circular with three legs.
Publication Name: Early American Life (Camp Hill, PA)
Subject: Home furnishings industry
ISSN: 1534-2042
Year: 2007
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