T HIS list comprises Boston craftsmen engaged in furniture mak – mg during the eighteenth century (1701-1800)* It ine! tides men still wotting in the Jacobean style of the seventeenth century as well ns those working in the William and Mary style fashionable in the first quarter of the century, in the Queen Anne and […]
Category: Furniture of the eighteenth century
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF WOODS
Brown, Harry Philip, Panshin, A. J., and Forsaith, С. C. Textbook of Wood Technology. 2 vols, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1949 and 1964. (Cjrl dc Zeetiw collaborated with Brown and Panshin in the preparation ot the second edition of voL I, 1964. and is listed as one of the authors.) Vol. i contains straight technology, excellent […]
Sumach, Rhus copnUiua
Diameter SC-io Light; soft; coarse-grained; light brown streaked with green and often tinged with red. It ranged from northern New England to southern Florida, In fYeflfi American Sylva by F. Andrew Miehaux (Philadelphia; J, Dobson, 184a), in, 2OJ1 "Among the native trees, in the Northern States, the Black Birch, the Yellow Birch, the Canoe Birch, […]
SOME TYPICAL OAKS or THE "WHIT*" CROUP,. called “lrucobalanus"
Burr Oak, Qurretu mactotuTpa, also called Mossy Cup Oak Diameter 6′-7′, Heavy; strong; tough; close-grained; strong in bending and endwise compression; high in shock resistance; stifT; tendency to have cuchantcnmg; machines well; finishes smooth; glues well; tendency to split along the rays; very durable; dark or rich light brown. It ranged front New Brunswick to […]
SOME TYPICAL OAKS OF THE “RED” GROUP, CALLED "iit YTHRORALAN US*’
Red Oak, Qitmws hvreatis Mich к. (Qwerau rtiira L.) Diameter 2 ‘-j H. Heavy; hard; strong; close-grained; usually sera і ght-gratned; strong in bending and endwise compressior; high in shock resistance; stiff; tendency to havecaschardcning; machines well; finishes well; average 111 gluing; some tendency to split along thr rays; light reddish brown. It ranged from […]
POROUS WOOD TIMBERS White Ash, Froxima amerkma
Diameter 5 ‘-6’. Heavy; hard; strong; works well under tools; close-grained; tough; brown heart Wood; Very thick light straw-colored sap wood. It ranged front Nova Scotia to Florida, * Spruce wood, though little used in the construction of furniture; has long been a favorite in the making of musical instruments, «рсеїлЦ-у sounding hoards, for ir […]
New England Timbers Red Си d л r, Junipenu Virginiana
Diameter j’-.i’. Light; dosc-graiucd; brittle; not strong; worts easily under tools; high in shock resistance; fine-textured; very fragrant; very resistant to decay; purplish or rose-red when first exposed, aging rapidly to a dull red or reddish brown. It ranged from New Brunswick to the toast of Georgia. іііаск Spruce, Picca mtrfana* Diameter rt’-ra’. Light; soft; […]
New England Timbers CONIFER TIMBERS
А в bo r vitae, Thuja addtnfaHs, also called Northern Whitt Cedar Diameter а’-з’ Light; soft; brittle; very coarse to finc-prained; somewhat harsh under tools, but can tv worked to a smooth finish and holds paint well; faint bitter taste; pale brown. It rallied from New Etrimswiek to southern New Hampshire and central Massachusetts, Ftp, […]
Benjamin Fro thin glia m
S O few Artier ran cabinetmakers have Ictr behind a broad variety of signed work that the picture of normal daily production cannot be easily examined by the student. William Savery of Philadelphia, John Townsend of Newport, and Benjamin FrOthing – hani of Charlestown arc three major exceptions in the eighteenth century, each having liberally […]
Ornamental Carving on Boston Furniture. of die Chippendale Style
ДТ Last throe major furniture carved, each with his own particu – /-Д lar style of carving, worked in Boston between the years J – і t755 and 17Я5. One style of Carving, seen on a chesl-on – chest signed by John Cogswell, is notable for its three-dimensionality arid the wide shallow grooves articulating the […]