Hints And Practical Information For Cabinet Makers Upholsterers And Furniture Men Generally

Author : John Phin
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ISBN 13 : 9781332136940
Total Pages : 164 pages
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Download or read book Hints and Practical Information for Cabinet-Makers, Upholsterers, and Furniture Men Generally written by John Phin and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hints and Practical Information for Cabinet-Makers, Upholsterers, and Furniture Men Generally: Together With a Description of All Kinds of Finishing, With Full Directions Therefor Varnishes Polishes Stains for Wood Dyes for Wood Gilding and Silvering Receipts for the Factory Lacquers, Metals Marbles, Etc; Pictures, Engraving, Etc; M The general term cabinet-making is the art of making all such parts of the furniture of a dwelling-house as are made of wood, together with the art of chair-making, etc., and in order to arrive at any degree of perfection, the knowledge of designing, carving, modelling, etc., is requisite. It has also been supposed that a knowledge of geometry, and particularly of that portion of it which treats of the description of curved lines, is of great use to the cabinet-maker; but, with the exception of a knowledge of perspective, and of a few simple methods of drawing common curves, geometry may be dispensed with, though it would be better to possess it. The best advice we can give the cabinet-maker, in acquiring a graceful, easy, and free method of drawing, is, to draw as much from nature, or from good casts, as possible. It is not of material consequence whether vegetable or animal forms be drawn, but a mixture of both is desirable, as they have very distinct characters, which will be easily traced in attempting to delineate them. General Remarks on Designs for Cabinet Work. - In design, the central or principal part of the object requires most notice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.