Identifier: moderncabinetwor00well (find matches)
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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Hanging Cabinets and Pedestal. 2o6 MODERN CABINETWORK, FURNITURE, AND FITMENTS A Toilet Glass (see opposite). This pattern toilet glass with drawers below is both serviceable and decorative, and the bottom part isput together as shown in sketches.Secret lapped dovetailing is usedfor the top, and a rebate is thusformed to receive the mouldingat the ends ; this is also continuedalong the front edge. The inside vertical divisionsshould be housed and slip dove-tailed into the top and bottom,with similar joints in the hori-zontal divisions (see sketch onnext page). Bevelled dovetailingin top drawers is also illustratedwith cocked beads round edges.The glass frame is mortised andtenoned together and veneeredwith Italian walnut on the faceside, a -)-in. edging of purplewoodis glued round the frame, firmlybound with tape until dry. If anydifficulty is experienced in bend-ing the edging, a heated iron barwill expedite matters. The woodis moistened on the outside andbent round the bar until the

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