Miller, Fred, decorative artist · New York, London, Truslove, Hanson & Comba, Ld. · leaf 182
put at the backof the fretwork.There is no reasonwhy some amount ofcarving should not bedone to fretwork. Many of the carved screens, such asthat in Trinity College, Oxford, are fret-cut as well as carved.The Japanese introduce carved fretwork into their cabinets,and very effective and dainty it… … No. 116.—Bird in Fretwork. Thewhite lines are given by a gouge,but they can be omitted. 170 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. The carved fret could be glued down on to a panel of acabinet. It need not masquerade as a piece of pure carving,but could be frankly shown to be what it is—a fret laiddown upon a…
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