. Furniture designing and draughting, notes on the elementary forms, methods of construction and dimensions of common articles of furniture . at the legs are nearer together at the floor than at the seat level,and the back of the chair is proportionately wider at the top than it isat the seat. Though a chair may have a more complex and elaborateback than any of those taken as examples for illustration, an analysisof the outline will result in finding that it is based on one of thesefigures. The other four shapes illustrated are not as frequently usedas the first two. This is particularly true
. Furniture designing and draughting, notes on the elementary forms, methods of construction and dimensions of common articles of furniture . at the legs are nearer together at the floor than at the seat level,and the back of the chair is proportionately wider at the top than it isat the seat. Though a chair may have a more complex and elaborateback than any of those taken as examples for illustration, an analysisof the outline will result in finding that it is based on one of thesefigures. The other four shapes illustrated are not as frequently usedas the first two. This is particularly true of the polygonal and semi-circular patterns. Both of these are taken from Frencfi examples. The ellipticalback is also a favorite form for French chairs. The shield-back ischaracteristic of chairs made by Hepplewhite about 1793, and calledby many Colonial. It is well to observe, while studying theseoutlines, a constructive principle common to all of them. Whateverthe outline of the back it is made up of two vertical posts extendingfrom the floor to a horizontal rail connecting them at the top; at the . TuuVl ARH CHAIRS [(•nizonTAi AM. FT
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