The cabinet maker : a practical guide to the principles of design, and the economical and sound construction of household furniture, furnishings, and fittings : together with treatises on the designing and setting out of mouldings, and of ornamental or cut-wood work (1892)
London : Ward, Lock, Bowden · leaf 178
al Wood Work in Brackets. Let us now take two classes of work in timber or wood construc- Fig. 6. tion, and the pupil will be able to judge whether our strictures in a preceding paragraph were well founded or otherwise, and whether there be not some scope for the work of “the ornamental designer”… … supporting what is called a “ cantaliver,” b b, projecting from the face of a wall, c c. This bracket a a would do its work well if strong enough, however plain its outline is ; but if this were altered to the form shown at upper part of Plate XV., it will be admitted that a more pleasing effect…
Cabinetwork · Furniture making · Woodwork · Moldings
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