Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 235
Fig. 201.—Mitre Joints* ings, fine wainscoting, etc., and in fine cabinet work ; also for mak-ing the angles where mouldings are carried around openings. With a true mitre all parts of the mouldings intersect perfectly, asat A Fig. 201. When skillfully done the mitre makes the handsomest joint,… … Fig. 202.—Coped J shown at B, where the dotted lines show the pieces when first joined,and the full lines show the pieces after they have shrunk. It is notuncommon to see door and window casings that have shrunk so as toopen the joint a quarter of an inch. This, of course, looks very bad,and hence…
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