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 . es—Methods and Process Involved inInclined Legs—Arrangement for Upholstery—Curved Arms, Method of Working,Moulding same—Finishing a Scroll Terminal—Measured Drawings and Detailsof a Hall Seat. Introduction. The craft of chairmaking, embracing, as it now does, settees, couches, divans,and numerous small an
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 . es—Methods and Process Involved inInclined Legs—Arrangement for Upholstery—Curved Arms, Method of Working,Moulding same—Finishing a Scroll Terminal—Measured Drawings and Detailsof a Hall Seat. Introduction. The craft of chairmaking, embracing, as it now does, settees, couches, divans,and numerous small and arm chairs, is most comprehensive, and is usuallypractised as a distinct craft. It is divided into sections, such as stuff-overframe work, arm and small chairs. Many cabinet shops, however, still requirethe cabinetmaker to be skilled also in chair work, which is then practicallyconfined to the reproduction of old examples, seats, and framing, occurringin domestic and ship fitments. The history of chairs dates back to the earliest times, but it was not untilthe fifteenth century that they became an accepted type of furniture. To enu-merate all the kinds of chairs and seats, ranging from the rude forms of primitive CHAIRMAKING 3i3 Queen Anne JamesH HIGH SftCK JflC°e>E/Vi. Hepplewhite Shield Hepplewhite LATTICE OVAL Types of Chair Backs. 3«4 MODERN CABINETWORK, FURNITURE, AND FITMENTS stools to the elaborate settees, divans, and chairs of the present date, and evenincluding thrones and chairs of state, would be a long task, but the chronologicallist given in this chapter (Plate L.) may be consulted for general of Chairs.—To recognise the development of form anddetail in chairs, a study of historic examples is, of course, necessary, andit should prove a rich source of information as to their respective typical shapes, generally the outcome of changing conditions in sociallife, custom, or dress, are always characteristic of
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