Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 75
nd very inefficiently illustrated the true princii)les on which works of furniture should be constructed ; and yet I feel that the structure of such works is of importance beyond all other considerations. Fisr. 36. Space is limited, however, and I must pass on ; hence T only hope that I have… … Fig. 37. all these are fairly embraced in the one expression, "Be truthful." An obvious and true structure is always pleasant. Let, then, the "tenon" and the "mortise" pass through the various members, and let the parts be "pinned" together by obvious wooden pins. Thus, if the frame of a chair-seat…
Decoration and ornament
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