Carpenter . Let us see first what is meant by Mis- straight in outline, and with square edgession. and square corners. We find in history that when the Spaniards The tools at hand in those early times 42 The C mi t e r must have been limited to the saw, ])laues,drawing knife, augers and chisels which anycarpenter will have in his kit. Simple as the work may seem it will befound to require a considerable degree ofskill to construct really good mission furni-ture. If the builder of the early missionfurniture did not have as good tools theydid have skill and time and took the neces- In olden time
Carpenter . Let us see first what is meant by Mis- straight in outline, and with square edgession. and square corners. We find in history that when the Spaniards The tools at hand in those early times 42 The C mi t e r must have been limited to the saw, ])laues,drawing knife, augers and chisels which anycarpenter will have in his kit. Simple as the work may seem it will befound to require a considerable degree ofskill to construct really good mission furni-ture. If the builder of the early missionfurniture did not have as good tools theydid have skill and time and took the neces- In olden times the mortise and tenon jointwere much used and this with the tenonsprojecting through and being held witE* awedge. Of course this construction was notused on every joint, but its use was muchmore frequent than one would suppose fromseeing some of the modern so-called mis-sion furniture. It has become common to apply this term. sary time to do good work. They also hadgood material and plenty of it. As to de-signs for mission furniture we see manydesigns which would hardly be recog-nized by the early workers as belonging tothe same class as the work which they did. to almost any style of home-made work orto that class of goods which are shipped knocked down and put together by thebuyer. Oak wood was nearly always used in thiswork. It was given a dull finish and grew 43 The C a r p a mi t r more beautiful -with age. The upholsteringwas of genuine leather and fastened withlarge-headed nails. such work. Tlie design of desk and side-board given with this will present no greatdifficulty to the man- who is equipped for i ?^ White pine or almost any wood can bestained to resemble oak- It is not muchmore expensive, but I should advise oak for ,F
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