English Furniture: Construction and Decoration, 1500-1910Summary: Analyzes all phases of construction safety from planning of the job to its completion. Observes dangers associated with material-handling loaders, bulldozers, and trucks, and with arc and gas welding, cutting equipment, and flammable fuels and liquids. Depicts personal protective equipment, handtools, and accessories for major powered equipment. |
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Introduction | 7 |
The Walnut period 16601720 | 31 |
The Georgian period 17141830 | 53 |
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acanthus acanthus leaf Adam aprons back legs ball and claw Beds bookcases bottom brass bun feet cabinets cabriole legs carcase carved centre chest of drawers colour column cornice court cupboards decoration delicate designs dining chair dining tables doors dovetailed Dowel joints Drawer construction drawer fronts early Edwardian eighteenth century face-fixing finials fitted fixed floral frame and panel fretted frieze front legs furniture Georgian period gilded handles head rail Hepplewhite hinges inlays Kent lacquer mainly marquetry mortice and tenon ormolu ornamented ornate oval padded painted panel construction pediment plates ploughed rectangular rosewood round satinwood scroll serpentine serpentine-shaped settee seventeenth century shape Sheraton Side table sideboards similar sixteenth century small number solid spiral-twist splat splay legs square stiles stools stretchers style of Chippendale supported swan-neck tester Thomas Chippendale Thomas Sheraton timber toilet mirrors upholstered upholstery usually veneered Victorian period Wall mirror walnut period wardrobes William Kent wood pins