Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 388
t is counted the best, though some very fine specimens are foundwith the rule joint, generally called by modern cabinet makers, a tablejoint. From the point of appearance the rule joint is better, but later.We doubt if any gate-leg was made with a plain joint, that is with edges atthe junction,… … -ljI A LARGE Gate-leg Table with fine turnings. One should notice that inthe finest style all legs, including the leg which acts as a hinge, should extendto the floor, as in this example, as contrasted with the table on the preceding page. The relation of uniformity, so important in a gate-leg…
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