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A George II Elm Corner Cupboard – Part Five
The door is suspended on H-hinges which, because they are surface-mounted (as opposed to the more usual butt hinges whose plain leaves are concealed between the door edge and carcase), have decoratively shaped edges. The hinges are also unique in … Continue reading
Posted in Case Furniture
Tagged butt hinge, cupboard, door, H-hinge, minium, oil-based paint, shaped shelf, straight cupoard lock
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A George II Elm Corner Cupboard – Part One
Mural corner cupboards survive in their thousands and reflect, in miniature, the styles of the broader spectrum of case furniture of the eighteenth-century; from the earliest wainscot specimens on the walls of manor houses, to sophisticated veneered and cross-grain-moulded walnut … Continue reading
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Tagged ash, corner cupboard, elm, fielded panel, fruitwood, H-hinge, pine, wainscot, walnut
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Making a Reading Table – Part Eight
I once had a great little smithy at the back of my restoration workshops where I used to forge all my own catches, clasps, hinges, locks and nails etc. I could whip up a replacement item in steel at the … Continue reading
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