. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. 32 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN The marked revival of needlework among ladies demands at-tractiveness in table designs and for this reason the antiquemodels are more than ever being reproduced, fashion dictatingthat luncheons be served on bare table tops over open lace workdoilies and scarfs. A becoming design of table is therefore muchin demand. A simple turned shape to the posts of the Jacobeanperiod is shown, although other profiles may be used. Twospecially fitted hinges screwed firmly in the usual way to ends ofleg strai
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. 32 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN The marked revival of needlework among ladies demands at-tractiveness in table designs and for this reason the antiquemodels are more than ever being reproduced, fashion dictatingthat luncheons be served on bare table tops over open lace workdoilies and scarfs. A becoming design of table is therefore muchin demand. A simple turned shape to the posts of the Jacobeanperiod is shown, although other profiles may be used. Twospecially fitted hinges screwed firmly in the usual way to ends ofleg strainers and brought together by a central pin covered by. Fig. 52—An English Breakfast Table with 36x36 Inch Top finishing cap will provide one of the many ways of throwing openthe legs to a square position under the table top. Certain unobtrusive stops and a locking device to be providedto check the posts at a determined position. Whatever may bethe diameter of the table, make the center of the table about 3in. less than a third of the diameter. The size of leg stock shown on cut is for the larger size of table,48 in. X 48 in. Fig. 53 is now one of the very popular forms of gate leg tables—most frequently made in mahogany. This fits in well withfurniture of a mahogany order, as does most of the William andMary style, of which this is a suggestion. The gate with the halved out post A fitting into cross rail cor-respondingly halved in a loose fitting manner, pivots or swings INFLUENCE OF ANTIQUE MODELS 33 out from post, loosely pivoting on top of rail. The correspond-ing gate on other side of table swings out in a similar but alter-nating
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