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130  vicinity of Salem, and made from native cherry. It is a unique type, found only around Salem, remaining to us from Wachovian days, where craftsmanship, as descended from Ingebretsen and Feldhausen, was often fine. (Property of Ralph P. Hanes).

PLATE VII. . (South Carolina—c. 1780-1800). This local-made production of the Hepplewhite-Sheraton period, though a china press, still indicates the first shape, as such presses did until 1800. The Pennsylvania Dutch influence, which was carried with the settlers into South Carolina where the piece was found, is to be remarked. The inlay adds a distinctive feature along with paneling of the doors, which show the Sheraton influence. (Property of Ralph P. Hanes).

PLATE VIII. . (Maryland—c. 1730-1740). This type of cupboard is rare, although found at times in houses built around 1730 throughout the South. Frequently made by the builders of the house, as they show themselves to have been, and often of finer workmanship than the houses in which they were built, the indication is that they were the work of local cabinetmakers or traveling craftsmen. A paneled house in South Carolina containing one of this type of cupboard has been found, and while the surrounding paneling was of pine, the cupboard was of walnut and painted to match the wood. It must not be thought, however, that the cupboard was always a part of the original construction of the house. This cupboard is one of high lineage, having come from the house of Colonel Tench Tilghman, on the Eastern Shore of old Maryland, dating as it does, to 1738. Colonel Tilghman is remembered as a member of Washington's staff, and the house in which the cupboard stood, was inherited by the Colonel from his grandmother. (Property of William B. Goodwin).

PLATE IX. . (North Carolina—c. 1770-1780). Again we find the eagle and Masonic emblem shown here with the ogee pediment, as it was called by early craftsmen, on a mahogany cupboard of fine quality from the same section as the china press illustrated in Plate V. The eagle decoration is identical with Plate V, but the cupboard has the finely scalloped shelves and a variation of the thirteen-pane door design, with eighteen panes shown here. The piece is made of fine mahogany. Features introduced advance the theory that the maker of these pieces was a very versatile worker. The scroll or vine-design on each side the eagle resemble the decoration on the cellaret in Plate III, Chapter XII. These pieces are all of exceptional type.

PLATE X. . (North Carolina—c. 1770-1780). This very large, inlaid walnut cupboard loses nothing from its excessive size. Inlay of rope design is shown in the ornamentation. The finials also show inlay. The arched door is a pleasing feature found on cupboards of this type. Some cupboards are of very generous proportions, but like this one, are so made that