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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drawings on p. 324 deal with mechanical features of Chesterfield andKnole settees, and also further illustrate the general constructive principles ofstuff-over framework previously dealt with in a Sheraton arm-chair. The bed orseat frame is illustrated in plan, the inside end rails being necessary to securethe upholstery work, and leave a space at each end for the mechanical actions (seealso dotted line indicating upholstery in sectional elevation). A perspective sketchshows the construction of each corner, the bracket F being dowelled and screwedto the framing at each end with the rail G butted in between. Reference to theenlarged detail of the mechanical action on the next page will more clearly showthe necessity for this bracket, which, it will be observed, provides a firm seatingfor the drop end when lowered to its full extent, and when used in this positionit has the greatest strain exerted upon it. The wooden action is illustrated 324 MODERN CABINETWORK, FURNITURE, AND FITMENTS
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A Chesterfield Settee. CHAIRMAKING 325 opposite, and is operated by pulling the cord, thus releasing the ratchet and allowing the end to drop. The rail J is mortised between the ratchets, and when the cord is arranged, as shown, round the rails and drawn upwards, it draws the ratchet from its position on the rail. The spring is attached to two rails pressing against the circular rod, as shown, and pulls the ratchet close to the rail again when the cord is released. Rail K rests upon the ratchet ends, and acts as a strengthening agent when the end is lowered, in addition to providing the requisite fixing for the spring. A part elevation is shown of the back frame, which is dowelled together with a centre rail not shown in the drawing, the outline in this case closely following the finished line of upholstery. The distance between the ends can be extended according to requirements ; the usual practice when dispensing with the centre leg is to use the iron stretcher illustrated, fixed ac

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