. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. st A, and Half Plan of Top. Stain and fill before warping ensues. A decided chamfer on alledges takes away the crude, factory made appearance. The Corner Chair The parlor offers a greater excuse for pieces of furniture notclassed among the most comfortable or back resting than prob-ably any other room in the house. A creation which wouldcome well within the category mentioned is the corner chairshown in Fig. 187, which has its purpose, however, in the generalscheme of furnishing, and with the odd pillows about may, ina pinch
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. st A, and Half Plan of Top. Stain and fill before warping ensues. A decided chamfer on alledges takes away the crude, factory made appearance. The Corner Chair The parlor offers a greater excuse for pieces of furniture notclassed among the most comfortable or back resting than prob-ably any other room in the house. A creation which wouldcome well within the category mentioned is the corner chairshown in Fig. 187, which has its purpose, however, in the generalscheme of furnishing, and with the odd pillows about may, ina pinch, be made fairly comfortable. The size of the seat is 18inches square, consisting of four i ^-inch square pieces mortisedto the four i ^^(-inch posts. The front edges are set back 14 inchfrom the face of the posts, allowing in this for thickness of leatheror covering. There are many features which the individualworker may carry out with safety and after-satisfaction, butwhich, if carried out on a manufacturing basis, prove time-using 176 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN. Fig. 187.—The Corner Chair. and expensive. The wide board used in the back representsstock expense and liability of many broken-off corners before the member is held in its ownconstruction by gluing. If therebe any charm in this particularpiece to redeem it from its crudeclumsiness it is inthis bold under-line and the relieving open covering in such a piece,without much doubt, demands agood piece of Spanish upholstery webbing isnailed to the under edge of theframe and the five or six springsheld down in a crowned formby twine while the top paddingof burlap, hair and cotton padding is nicely molded to shapebefore the leather is pulled and formed over it. It is well touse no gimp in this, but double under the edges as they aretacked down. The conforming and holding the leather maybe done with small tacks so placed that they will occupy spac-ing immediately under the fancy large headed nails used
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