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 .. . ying paper I could fetch, and I was fayne to weepe. But he, thys knowen factry wyght, exclaimed, I have yt nowThys accidente has thrown ye lyght, yt eke has shown me howTo make ye fortune for ye, boy—come to my happy breaste;I chortle yn my newe-found joye, of golde thys ys a neste! Effsoones, he bade me goe my waye, with conge cour-teous, And ever synce that fateful daye Ive been vyctoryou
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 .. . ying paper I could fetch, and I was fayne to weepe. But he, thys knowen factry wyght, exclaimed, I have yt nowThys accidente has thrown ye lyght, yt eke has shown me howTo make ye fortune for ye, boy—come to my happy breaste;I chortle yn my newe-found joye, of golde thys ys a neste! Effsoones, he bade me goe my waye, with conge cour-teous, And ever synce that fateful daye Ive been vyctoryous; For I have gotte ye piles of cash, of gold ye goodly sto; Some people saye my desygns trash—I call yt lArtNouveau. The Mission fad, is nearly as unartistic as the ArtNouveau and because of its easy construction, is likelyto become more popular. This should be called Thecarpenter style, for every carpenter having a fairknowledge of his trade, should be able to make almostany kind of Mission Furniture. This style has noArtistic merit other than its simplicity and honesty. 188 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER For some purposes, the furniture made in this style be-comes quite suitable and AN ORIENTAL ROOM Figure 101 On plate XV, a number of picturesque examples ofSwiss work is shown. We offer these examples be-cause of their artistic features, and their appropriatenessfor articles of furniture for sea or lakeside cottages,or bungalows. All these articles shown are easily madeand as easily kept clean if left in a natural condition. Fig. ioo shows an old Scandinavian choir which ex-hibits good solid workmanship. Fig. 101 shows a room THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 189
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