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 .. . imilarmanner, so that, when the four are joined together,the back has the form of a segment of a circle or ellipse. Drawing-room chairs are framed in a somewhatsimilar manner. Turned or fretted bars are sometimesinserted in the back, either horizontally or vertically,or part of the back is upholstered. The legs aresquared, tapered, and slightly curved; or they are alsoturned and fluted, or
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 .. . imilarmanner, so that, when the four are joined together,the back has the form of a segment of a circle or ellipse. Drawing-room chairs are framed in a somewhatsimilar manner. Turned or fretted bars are sometimesinserted in the back, either horizontally or vertically,or part of the back is upholstered. The legs aresquared, tapered, and slightly curved; or they are alsoturned and fluted, or left plain and carved. No. 2, Fig. 184, shows the frame work of an arm-chair. The only difference between this and No. 1is that the back is higher, the seat larger, and fourextra rails forming the arms are added. The lattermay be upholstered, or not, according to the design ofthe chair; turned spindles are sometimes inserted be-tween them and the seat. The back of the arm-chairis sometimes slightly curved, and the seat may be made THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 315 of a large piece of stamped leather nailed across, with-out springs or other upholstery. Dining-room chairs are now - largely made of plain.
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