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Title: Modern cabinet work, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinet work & furniture with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings, photographs & original designs
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Wells, Percy A Hooper, John, b. 1882
Subjects: Cabinetwork Furniture making
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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A Modern Grandfather Clock Case. A Chippendale Commode (see opposite). The drawings show a Chippendale commode, shaped in plan with bombe front and carved legs, and tern feet. This piece, like many ofChippendales productions, is distinctly Louis XV. in character, from which periodmany of his shapes and ornament details were taken—the Rococo detail beingperhaps the most conspicuous instance. Many points, involved in the production BEDSTEADS AND MISCELLANEOUS FURNITURE l9.
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A Chippendale Commode. l3 i94 MODERN CABINETWORK, FURNITURE, AND FITMENTS of commodes, in this and also the French periods, are embodied in this example.The elevation, section, and plan illustrate the main characteristics, and whenwork of this character, shaped only in plan, is to be produced, it is customary,in addition to a working drawing conveying main details to the workman, tosupply a carved pinewood model of one corner, carved up until the properproportion and curves are decided, glueing on extra stuff where necessary, or, asan alternative, modelling clay is used upon a wooden groundwork. The bestconstruction is then determined from the model, and templates can be preparedfor legs and other shapes from the model. With bombe front work it isnecessary to make a complete commode in soft wood, which is then modelled orcarved up to the design. The advantage of such procedure is obvious, whenconsidering that any alteration to the actual ccmmode in an advanced stagewould necessitate a

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  • bookcentury:1900
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  • booksubject:Cabinetwork
  • booksubject:Furniture_making
  • bookpublisher:Philadelphia__J_B__Lippincott_Company
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
  • booksponsor:Sloan_Foundation
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