Wood Craft Volume 18-19; A Journal of Woodworking, with Which Is Incorporated "The Patternmaker." (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...extent French productions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and bedsteads of this particular type are frequently referred to as French bedsteads, although many of this kind were made in England and the European continent during a corresponding period. Background and Bedstead An interesting new feature is shown in connection with this design, i. e., the curtain suspended as a wall hanging immediately behind the head part. This acts as a suitable background for a richly colored bedstead and gives a much more imposing appearance to the bedstead. The coloring of the hanging should of course harmonize with the general color scheme of the room, and if plain walls or simple stripe papers are used, it affords an opportunity for a piece of rich coloring and The head part of the bedstead is shaped at the head end with a capping molding fitted at the top. Feet, Panels, and Posts The foot end is simpler in general outline, and has cabriole feet to keep it in character with other pieces of the suite, dealt with in an earlier number. To construct the foot end a large laminated panel should be prepared of five J-inch thicknesses of mahogany, well glued together, with the grains running alternately, and allowed to thoroughly dry in a press or clamp for some two or three days before taking it out. The latter process insures the slab remaining perfectly flat after it has been worked upon. This slab should then be planed quite true and gaged to thickness, after which it is toothed and sized prior to veneering. The veneers should be fitted and glued down to two sheets of paper, which when quite dry are glued down to the slab. On the inside of the slab an ordinary quartered device should be executed. Two square posts are then prepared and a J4-inch thick pilaster for ...