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Drawer and Drawer Aperture Decoration
Since man first made tools, utensils and weapons from wood, he has burnt, carved and scraped decoration into it. Even in their simplest form, the rails and stiles of early joiner-made coffers usually exhibit chamfered edges (fig. 1), though more … Continue reading
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Tagged bookmatched, carcase, chamfered edge, cock-beading, coffer, crossbanding, crossgrain, D-moulding, decoration, double-bead moulding, dovetails, drawer construction, drawer fronts, drawer runners, drawers, featherbanding, frame-and-panel, geometrically moulded, joiner, linenfold, lipping, mouldings, quartered, sacrificial edging, side-hung drawers, veneer, walnut
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An Ash Cricket Table
Virginia remarked of late that she would like another small side table, so I undertook to produce one. I thumbed through a few books and old auction catalogues for inspiration and we eventually settled on a cricket table. Cricket, a … Continue reading
Posted in Tables
Tagged ash, cricket table, eighteenth century, elm, horse sauce, joiner, oak, ogee, patina, pegs, seventeenth century, vernacular furniture, walnut
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An Oak Side Table.
George II Oak side table, standing on club legs, circa 1740. The desire to make a copy of this table was one of the compelling reasons I took up my tools again after seven years of retirement. There are a … Continue reading
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Tagged apron, brasses, cabinetmaker, club leg, draw-bore, drawer guide, drawer stop, drill press, eighteenth century, furniture, joiner, medullary rays, mortise, moulding, nail, oak, pad foot, runner, side table, tenon, wrought iron
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Pegs and 'Tails 