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It occurred to several that it would be worth while to make a collection of Deerfield products in one room to see how they looked. The Village Room had been recently completed and furnished the right setting, for it was an exhibit in itself, being built by the village carpenter after plans by his son. It was filled that first year with blue and white needlework, which had just started its career and was still literally blue and white; a few rag-rugs made from choice wool rags before the family stocks of old Paisley shawls and discarded woolen garments were exhausted; metal work in copper and brass; some good iron fire-sets made in a farm smithy; a little choice cabinet work; some photographs, and a long line of books by Deerfield authors.
Mary E. Allen, "How They Do it in Deerfield," Handicraft Vol. III, 1911, p. 406-407.