. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 160.—General View cf the Kail 132 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN an easy seat will be welcomed. Generally the hall seat or settlewith its straight back and little depth of seat is extremely un-comfortable. This style has no doubt been followed withoutmuch reasoning, but now in these days of rockers and recliningchairs and hard work, the chair that invites you by its back-fitting angle or curve is generally in demand. The hall seat, as shown in Fig. i6o of the illustrations, whileit has a high-grade character is no
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 160.—General View cf the Kail 132 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN an easy seat will be welcomed. Generally the hall seat or settlewith its straight back and little depth of seat is extremely un-comfortable. This style has no doubt been followed withoutmuch reasoning, but now in these days of rockers and recliningchairs and hard work, the chair that invites you by its back-fitting angle or curve is generally in demand. The hall seat, as shown in Fig. i6o of the illustrations, whileit has a high-grade character is not an extremely difficult pieceto make, as will be seen in the end view. Fig. i6i. It might be 46 512. Fig. 161.—End View of the Hall Seat, Together with Partial Plan. placed in the frequent triangular wall space directly below thefirst landing, but this is merely a suggestion with no intention tobe specifically followed, as such wall spaces vary greatly, butthe leg and heavy rail feature may be embodied in a working FURNITURE FOR THE HALL 133 drawing to fit individual requirements. The small end sug-gests a pleasing form to terminate the seat of indefinite lengthat the turn of the wall, or entrance to a door. This end whereexposed to full view should have a good figure, well width of the rail on this and its continuation along the topis made by gluing on both sides of the center a mold of the shapeshown, the top edge being worked down smooth as one piece,having a slightly crowned shape. Where a large space in thehall is available even iq or 20 inches is none too deep for theseat, instead of 16 inches, as indicated on the seat shape. Theturn of the seat, however, into th
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