. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 132.—a Book Rack. 112 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN treatment of a common form of rack. Fig. 133 is a revolvingbook holder built on the plan of an Indian Swastika over ai2-in. square base board which revolves about a central pin orbolt with a washer, held to a base as shown. This offers a very. Fig. 133.—a Revolving Book Holder. convenient holder for certain books which come in sets, or forthe student who uses several books which he desires to have athand. Workstands and Sewing Tables The sewing stand or work table is lik
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 132.—a Book Rack. 112 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN treatment of a common form of rack. Fig. 133 is a revolvingbook holder built on the plan of an Indian Swastika over ai2-in. square base board which revolves about a central pin orbolt with a washer, held to a base as shown. This offers a very. Fig. 133.—a Revolving Book Holder. convenient holder for certain books which come in sets, or forthe student who uses several books which he desires to have athand. Workstands and Sewing Tables The sewing stand or work table is like the wholesale ware-house—not drawn upon constantly but a place of last resortwhen the stock of little things is exhausted in the small basketthe ladies like to carry about. The stand, however, in largeoperations of dressmaking and also when sewing is laid asideis quite indispensable and is a part of the furniture equipmentof a well furnished home. In the construction of the workstand the early colonial mod-els are perhaps the best because of simple pattern and becausethe industrious women of those days knew more of the require-ments than unfortunately do many women of the present 134 represents such a type with two drawers and drop leafon each side. What few original pieces are to be found and the many copiesmade from them in recent years are
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