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The art and craft of cabinet-making : a practical handbook to the construction of cabinet furniture, the use of tools, formation of joints, hints on designing and setting out work, veneering, etc. ; together with a review of the development of furniture / by David Denning.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1891 Denning
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Denning, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cabinetwork.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 320 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Whittaker & Co., 1891.
- Contents:
- Introductory
- Review of development of furniture
- Furniture woods
- Glue and its preparation
- Nails
- Tools
- Wooden appliances made by the user
- Grinding and sharpening tools
- General directions on the use of tools
- Joints
- Decorative and minor structural details
- Construction of parts
- Glass in furniture
- Drawing and designing
- Veneering
- Cabinet brass-work
- Construction: tables
- Bedroom furniture
- Library and office furniture
- Sideboards and cabinets.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Wm. Marples & Sons furnished illustrations of tools.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.
- OCLC:
- 16944978
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