The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. . t are spreadout sufficiently to prevent tilting. The front legs arejoined by two rails, and are also fastened to the backby the same number. The tenons of the upper railsmay come up. flush with the top of the leg, as shownin the illustration, or can be fitted into an ordinarymortise. The width of the rails at the level of the seatdepends upon the nature of the upholstery; if springsare to b
The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. . t are spreadout sufficiently to prevent tilting. The front legs arejoined by two rails, and are also fastened to the backby the same number. The tenons of the upper railsmay come up. flush with the top of the leg, as shownin the illustration, or can be fitted into an ordinarymortise. The width of the rails at the level of the seatdepends upon the nature of the upholstery; if springsare to be fitted, they are about three inches wide. Thebottom rails are omitted in some chairs of heavy build,or the side pairs of legs are connected by rails and themiddle of these joined by a cross-piece. All the parts of bedroom chairs, with the exceptionof the backs, are, as a rule, turned. The two backlegs project above the seat to form the back, and arejoined by two horizontal bars, which are slightly curvedand joined to the vertical pieces by shallow mortises cut 312 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER in the latter. The joint is further strengthened by screwspassed from the front through counter-sunk holes,. Figure 184 the heads being afterwards covered by small turnedbeads glued in, or if the chair is to be painted, the holescan be filled with wooden plugs. The lower rails areturned, and their rounded ends fit into corresponding THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 31; holes bored in the legs, where they are secured by only the front legs are turned, the back legs
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