Modern cabinet work, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinet work & furniture with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings, photographs & original designs . a good draught-proof joint. Decorative Metal Work.—Up to theseventeenth century most of the metal fittingson furniture were of iron. Hinges, lock plates,handles, &c, were highly decorative in character,but the seventeenth and eighteenth centuriesbrought other woods than oak into use, andbrasswork came int
Modern cabinet work, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinet work & furniture with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings, photographs & original designs . a good draught-proof joint. Decorative Metal Work.—Up to theseventeenth century most of the metal fittingson furniture were of iron. Hinges, lock plates,handles, &c, were highly decorative in character,but the seventeenth and eighteenth centuriesbrought other woods than oak into use, andbrasswork came into general favour. Muchgood work is often spoiled by bad metal fit-tings, and handles often go a long way tomake or mar a job. Handles have varied in shape with the periods of furni-ture, and we have Louis, Empire, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Adam, andother forms of metal work. In the nineteenth century wooden knobs wereprevalent, but it has long since been the custom in the metal trades, whichcater for cabinetwork, to produce fittings in style, and it is for thisreason that we give a selection of handles on the next page. Fig. 1 shows aLouis XVI. knob, full size. Fig. 2 is a plan of the top, and f. 3 the backplate with section below. The decoration is of a type much imitated by the. Top and Centre of Knuckle JointScreen Hinge. :63 MODERN CABINETWORK, FURNITURE, AND FITMENTS
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