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Murphy Room

The Murphy Room contains many superb examples of colonial furniture, but most early American homes were sparsely equipped with only rudimentary furnishings. Most immigrants who arrived in America during the seventeenth century were poor.

Murphy Room
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Their houses usually consisted of a single room that was used for sleeping, dining, and recreation. The basic but sturdy construction methods that were used to build these houses were also employed to create furniture. Because oak was popular in England and plentiful in America, it was the wood preferred by furniture makers.

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