HIS 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Recollects, Court Painter, Shingles
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Floor plans o o o o o o o o o. Variations on hall and parlour plan show two large rooms. 2nd floor not a highly liveable space; most activities apart from sleeping were downstairs o. Well suited to shedding water and snow o. Parapets above gable roofline common in urban areas (not exclusively) for. Bell-cast (or double-pitch) came to typify older quebec houses. Man constructs cradle to prove man can provide for the family. Woman"s father provides the spindle for the same reason. Nails so scarce they would be willed to people rare commodities. Green wood and dry wood used together because, as they warp, the furni- ture becomes incredibly strong. When people die they list an inventory of contents. Very often will say which rooms those pieces of furniture were found in. Kitchen and common room of a prosperous household o o o o o o. Means people had dishes (wood, lead, pewter) and other items to store.