Miller, Fred, decorative artist · New York, London, Truslove, Hanson & Comba, Ld. · leaf 169
d by wearing away, or cuttingaway, some portions of the material so as to leave other por-tions in relief. The parts removed are usually cut away bya band-saw stretched in a frame to keep it perfectly taut, thatis worked either with the hand or fixed in a machine, which,by means of a treadle, is… … FRETWORK. 157 gimbleting a hole through which the saw can be passed.The saw, therefore, must be readily adjustable, so that theupper end may be passed through the hole to enable it toreach those spaces shut in, as it were, and which cannototherwise be got at. A very familiar form of fretwork arethe…
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