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Francis Trumble was an 18th-century chair and
The book of American Windsor furniture
styles and technologies page 30 He also manufactured
stories from Philadelphia archaeology By Rebecca Yamin page 145 He made them in seven styles and is credited as one of the craftsmen who establish the industry producing the chairs. Tumble occupied a shop on the " John Stocker property" on Front Street from 1745 until his death in 1791. A
The buried past
an archaeological history of Philadelphia A Barra Foundation book University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992 . 524 pages, page 161
Francis Trumble was an 18th-century chair and cabinetmaker
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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Trumble produced a variety of "fine furniture" in the Queen Anne, Chippendale and Federal
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styles.John KassaThe book of American Windsor furniture
styles and technologies page 30 He also manufactured
Windsor chair
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s that are believed to be the ones used at Independence Hall
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by the Second Continental Congress
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, and depicted in paintings of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
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.Digging in the City of Brotherly Lovestories from Philadelphia archaeology By Rebecca Yamin page 145 He made them in seven styles and is credited as one of the craftsmen who establish the industry producing the chairs. Tumble occupied a shop on the " John Stocker property" on Front Street from 1745 until his death in 1791. A
privy
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pit has been excavated on the site uncovering iron gouges, chisel
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s, gravers, an iron rasp
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, iron spikes
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, nail
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s, and handles of wood and bone.John L. Cotter, Daniel G. Roberts, Michael ParringtonThe buried past
an archaeological history of Philadelphia A Barra Foundation book University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992 . 524 pages, page 161
See also
*Windsor furniture
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trumble, Francis American cabinetmakers 1791 deaths Year of birth unknown