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The cabinet maker : a practical guide to the principles of design, and the economical and sound construction of household furniture, furnishings, and fittings : together with treatises on the designing and setting out of mouldings, and of ornamental or cut-wood work

1892 · London : Ward, Lock, Bowden · 35 pictures

A practical 1892 London cabinetmaking manual from Ward, Lock, Bowden, written for furniture makers and woodworkers, covering design principles and the setting out of mouldings. Its pictures are technical line drawings of moulding profiles, with dashed construction lines, arc centres and dimension marks, showing how a designer can lay out curved sections and cut profiles from measured geometry.

Cabinetwork · Furniture making · Woodwork · Moldings

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