Tag Archives: Hepplewhite
Full Extension Drawer Slides in Period Furniture
“What!” I hear the reader groan. “Has he taken leave of his senses?” As far as I can discover, the pressed steel and ball bearing fittings that we know as ‘drawer slides’ or ‘glides’ first appeared in the early 1960s. … Continue reading
Making a Gout Stool – Part One
Gout – the Georgian disease par excellence – is a form of arthritis that usually affects the big toe, ankle, heel and knee, forming when an excess of uric acid crystallizes in the joints and immediate tissue. It often occurred … Continue reading
A Hepplewhite Sofa
I am instructed we need a new sofa – and I have to agree really. The pair of sofas we dragged here from our previous location is typical of much modern commercially made furniture; they suffer a total absence of … Continue reading
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Tagged chintz, eighteenth century, furniture, Hepplewhite, horse sauce, mahogany, shellac, sofa, upholstery, wax
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Pegs and 'Tails 