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A Chair Worth Crossing the Atlantic - English Arts and Crafts Furniture

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  Arecent post about my visit to The Wilson (formerly known as the Cheltenham Museum) last winter sparked special interest in a chair designed by architect Charles Frances Annesley Voysey in 1898 - the chair that was the primary reason for my trip to England. It seems a few people are champing at the bit for a deeper peek into the contents of Popular Woodworking's forthcoming book on English Arts […]The post A Chair Worth Crossing the Atlantic - English Arts and Crafts Furniture appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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Period-accurate Joinery: Three Ways to Cut Rabbet Joints

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While rabbet joints are used commonly to attach case fronts and backs in period work, they show up in other places too. In pieces from the 17th century and earlier, such as the Mannerist dresser shown above, drawer fronts often are rabbeted and the drawer sides simply nailed into that rabbet. Later, in the early 18th century, drawer sides were rabbeted to hold the drawer bottoms. The bottoms are typically […]The post Period-accurate Joinery: Three Ways to Cut Rabbet Joints appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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