Cabinetwork and Joinery: Comprising Designs and Details of Construction, with 2021 Working Drawings and Twelve Coloured PlatesPaul Nooncree Hasluck |
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angle back edge back rail balusters bead bevelled blocks Bookcase bottom rail brackets bradded brass Cabinet carcase carved centre chamfered corners cornice cupboard deep desk divisions door dovetailed dowelled drawer fronts End Elevations enlarged detail enlarged section face fillets finished fitted fixed flap flush frame front and end front edge Front Elevation front rail gauge glass glue glued grooved hardwood hinged holes Horizontal Section inside joints lower mahogany mirror mitered mitre mortices mortised and tenoned moulding muntins nailed ornamental Overdoor Overmantel ovolo panels Pedestal Pedestal Desk pediment pieces pilasters pillars pine plinth ploughed polished Portable Desk posts rebate plane rebated runners Screen screwed secured shaped shelf shelves shown in Fig shows Side Elevations side rails Sideboard square Stand stiles stuff sunk thick tongued top and bottom top edge top rail tray upper uprights Vertical Section Wardrobe Washstand wide width wood Writing Table
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Page 520 - The wall or screen at the back of an Altar, seat, &c. ; it was usually ornamented with panelling, &c., especially behind an Altar, and sometimes was enriched with a profusion of niches, buttresses, pinnacles, statues, and other decorations, which were often painted with brilliant colours...
Page 553 - Figs. 1999 to 2001 is 6 ft. long by 3 ft. wide, and 2 ft. 6 in. high ; but if required, it may be enlarged to 9 ft.
Page 104 - The upright corner posts on the opposite side to the door are 1$ in. square, with the inside corners bevelled off, as at D (Fig.
Page 100 - Before finally gluing together, the satinwood stringing on the outside faces of the legs, and the fan pattern at the ends of the rails, must be inlaid.
Page 144 - The rack is' 3 ft. wide at the top and 1 ft. 6 in. at the bottom, and has a total height of 4 ft.
Page 100 - In the centre is a fan-shaped patera 6 in. in diameter. This ornament may be obtained from inlayers, or it may be omitted.
Page 104 - Two shelves are required opposite the cross bars ; these may be of pine, covered with a suitable shade of velveteen, the bottom of the carcase being covered with the same material.
Page 441 - Seat. four pieces 1 ft. 9 in. by 3 in. by 1J in. ; four pieces 1 ft. 9 in. by 3 in. by 1 in.