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 . eering. Mounts for this work areprepared by making a pattern in boxwood or plain satin-wood carved to the required design, then forwarded to themetal worker for reproduction in metal. Water gilding is the finishing process for mounts of this period, and usedin conjunction with fine chasing on the mounts,h
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 . eering. Mounts for this work areprepared by making a pattern in boxwood or plain satin-wood carved to the required design, then forwarded to themetal worker for reproduction in metal. Water gilding is the finishing process for mounts of this period, and usedin conjunction with fine chasing on the mounts,has a very rich effect. Notable examples of such workare to be seen in the Wallace Collection, and also theJones Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum,including the work of such famous artists in metal asCaffieri, Oeben, Martin Carlin, and Gouthiere. On p. 119 a fine example of a Chippendale double-fronted pedestal table is shown. The heads to the doors are , and novel in treatment. The plan shows the arrangement in pedestals, giving similar cupboard and drawer accommodation ateach side. Drawers are introduced at each end,and with but slight structural altera-tion of the frieze frame, drawers could be introduced above the kneehole space. 1. ViewshowingShapingof
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