. Furniture designing and draughting, notes on the elementary forms, methods of construction and dimensions of common articles of furniture . with the lower ones of the head and foot board,formed the frame, across which cords were stretched to support themattress. In the modern bedsteads the arrangement is much thesame, except that in many of them the post is reduced to its lowestterms, and exists only as the stile for the panel work of which thehead and foot board is composed. The side rails are made much wider than in olden times, that theymay hide the box spring, which has taken the place o
. Furniture designing and draughting, notes on the elementary forms, methods of construction and dimensions of common articles of furniture . with the lower ones of the head and foot board,formed the frame, across which cords were stretched to support themattress. In the modern bedsteads the arrangement is much thesame, except that in many of them the post is reduced to its lowestterms, and exists only as the stile for the panel work of which thehead and foot board is composed. The side rails are made much wider than in olden times, that theymay hide the box spring, which has taken the place of the cording,and they are constructed so they may be removed and replaced asdesired. There are many contrivances for accomplishing this, eachmanufacturer having his preference. BEDSTEADS. 79 A strong and substantial way is shown in the illustration. The ends of the rails are provided with tenons that fit mortises inthe posts of head and foot boards, and with screws that work in nutssunk in the posts. These screws fasten the rails and end boardssecurely together, while the tenons stiffen the joint, preventing anytwisting of the On the lower edge of the side rails, inside, is a ledge to supportthe spring. The box spring is sometimes supported on slats andsometimes on the side rail of the bedstead, a cleat having been placedon it so as to rest on the ledge of the rails. The mattress is placed on the springs. In designing a bedsteadit ought to be constructed so the top of the mattress will not be muchover twenty-five inches above the floor. Bed slats are about an inch thick, a double box spring about teninches thick, and a good mattress seven inches thick. To keep within the limit of height, then, the upper edge of thesupport for the slats should not be more than seven inches from thefloor. But slats are sometimes omitted, and then the side rails maybe set higher, so the springs can hang a little below them withoutbeing seen. 8o CASEWORK. ? The following is a table of meas
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