. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 177.—Sitting Room Table. X 73 inches, making it ample in length for a six footer, orgenerous enough for an overflow accommodation in the event ofa surprise party. The head posts terminate in a claw foot, themain rails and foot rail are made of not less than i-inch Fig. 178.—General View of Couch. The shape given for head posts will come from a board 7^inches wide. From a previously drawn detail showing the con-tinuous character of lines in its constructed form procure the sepa- 160 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN r


. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 177.—Sitting Room Table. X 73 inches, making it ample in length for a six footer, orgenerous enough for an overflow accommodation in the event ofa surprise party. The head posts terminate in a claw foot, themain rails and foot rail are made of not less than i-inch Fig. 178.—General View of Couch. The shape given for head posts will come from a board 7^inches wide. From a previously drawn detail showing the con-tinuous character of lines in its constructed form procure the sepa- 160 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN rate marking-out patterns, and right here be mindful that withthe cut-out paper pattern allow in the wood, in case of the linearching from claw post joint to the horizontal rail an excess ofstock which, when the parts are glued up, may be sawed or shavedto the correct free-arching line. The union of parts in this waycreates one of the pleasing features to attract the eye, and theeye following this line in fancy terminates in a foliated scroll assuggested, and in turn is met by a like, but less forceful, linespringing from the foot post. In like manner, the inclination ofhead rest mold may have its abruptness folded up in a similartermination. The couch frame, of course, is to have the sametreatment on the other side, for a one-side couch


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