. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. barred from occupying exalted places,due to many reasons, we often are obliged to go outside ofthe family to secure some effigy or bust of the great—a heromade famous after death—or perchance some one may bringinto the warmth of his home a beautiful nude maiden chilled to marble seeking shelter behind aflowing gauzy streamer. Whateverthe subject, it is either the expen-sive original or a copy of some repu-table work and in consequenceshould have a befitting suggestion of many formswhich the craftsman may readilyc
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. barred from occupying exalted places,due to many reasons, we often are obliged to go outside ofthe family to secure some effigy or bust of the great—a heromade famous after death—or perchance some one may bringinto the warmth of his home a beautiful nude maiden chilled to marble seeking shelter behind aflowing gauzy streamer. Whateverthe subject, it is either the expen-sive original or a copy of some repu-table work and in consequenceshould have a befitting suggestion of many formswhich the craftsman may readilyconstruct is shown in Fig. patterns have little of theconstructive element about them,consisting simply of feet, base,shaft and cap, all work of the should be avoided is makingthe entire piece so small that it beridiculously inadequate to appar-ently serve its purpose as a elements of classic architecturesuggest with little effort suitablepedestals and, indeed, no model could be better than a pureIonic or Doric column. 4-i>^ia^. Fig. 195.—View of Pedestal 36Inches High. FURNITURE FOR THE PARLOR 185 We are now very much in the time of veneer work, and ifdesired Fig. 195 offers the proper surfaces for veneering and ofa simple character. The reader is doubtless familiar with theconstruction of the modern porch column, base and cap, so thatlittle need be written. Should the decision be to make thepedestal a display of veneer, the construction should be in whitepine or basswood. The shaft, top and bottom cove mold maybe faced with a crotch adjustment of the veneer, or as itnaturally is, selecting in the case of oak pieces of decided flakein the quarter. The fillets and edge of top and base look wellwith cross band veneer—a strip selected with good markingand cut from across the face of the veneer. It would be well after the cove molding has been produced toHsaw these full length for the construction of cap and base, andbefore mitering face t
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