. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 24. Fig. 25. ried his name along through the years. While a clever adapterof parts and pieces we like to think that the product of his brainand hands still bears his name rather than that of a patron must have shown some executive ability to bring this about—some might call it egotism, but why should not a man beknown by the chests and tables he makes—particularly if hemakes good chests and tables—just as much as a good painteris recognized by his signed painting? This man and his con-temporaries lived mind, bod
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 24. Fig. 25. ried his name along through the years. While a clever adapterof parts and pieces we like to think that the product of his brainand hands still bears his name rather than that of a patron must have shown some executive ability to bring this about—some might call it egotism, but why should not a man beknown by the chests and tables he makes—particularly if hemakes good chests and tables—just as much as a good painteris recognized by his signed painting? This man and his con-temporaries lived mind, body and soul in their work, and we sus-pect their enduring work was greatly stimulated by personalpraises and substantial patronage; they lived in a period whenmen of mental ability were also equally capable with their Fig. 24 is shown a plain type of Chippendale chair whichis considered quite characteristic, although it is not his favorite 20 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN form, for the leg which he delighted in using was the Frenchleg, but treated less
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