Top
Joined to sides with half-blind dovetails
Top of drawer section
Front edge is hinged to fall-front; ends fit into groove in carcase sides
Dust frame (page 112)
Supports drawer. Assembled with plate joints; side pieces fit into grooves in carcase sides
Loper (page 115)
Supports fall-front when in down position. Dowel glued into inside face slides in slot in loper housing; piece joined to front end with sliding dovetail conceals end grain
Loper housing
Features slot that guides loper; top edge fits into groove in underside of drawer section top
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Leather inlay-……
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he major components of the Queen Anne secretary are shown in exploded form in this section. The most elaborate part—the desk unit (page 106)—is essentially a carcase with drawers, a fall – front and an opening for the pigeonhole unit. All the corner joints for the carcase, the bookcase, and the drawers are dovetailed. The drawers are supported by dust frames attached to the sides. To allow for wood movement as a result of changes in
humidity, the frames are glued to the sides only near the front; screws driven through elongated holes reinforce this connection. The fall-front is fixed to the unit with butt hinges. To ease the strain on the hinges when the fall-front is let down, a pair of boards, called lopers, slide out to provide support.
The bookcase (below) is another solid-panel carcase with shelves, a back panel, and crown molding. The shelves are
fully adjustable; they sit on pins that can be inserted at any height in the sides. The glass doors that grace the bookcase and protect its contents are hinged to the side panels.
The pigeonhole unit (page 108) is a smaller carcase with three drawers and a series of vertical dividers. The unit rests atop the drawer section of the desk, with strips of molding concealing the gap between the two.
Top
Attached to bookcase with wood buttons
Layered crown molding (page 134)
Back rail
Tenons at ends fit into mortises in sides. Face is grooved to accommodate wood buttons for top; bottom edge is rabbeted for back pane!
Back panei
Tits into rabbets cut along back edges of carcase panels
Front facing rail
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Frovides base for molding; joined to sides with plate joints
(page 119)
Drawer support
Fits into dadoes cut across dividers
Drawer
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Assembled with rabbets at front and dadoes at back; bottom panel fits into grooves in front, back and sides
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BUREAU: Fall Front |
1 Molding frame back |
% |
2 |
30 |
2 Drawer supports |
% |
8% |
9% |
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1 Panel |
% |
10/4 |
29% |
2 Molding frame sides |
% |
2 |
17% |
6 Arches |
Ч2 |
1% |
3%4 |
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2 Rails |
% |
2K |
14 |
6 Bracket feet |
% |
3 |
8 |
3 Drawer fronts |
Ч2 |
3 |
8% |
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2 Stiles |
% |
2Й |
33^ |
BUREAU: Deep Drawers |
3 Drawer backs |
Ч2 |
3 |
8 |
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BUREAU: Carcase |
4 Upper front and back |
% |
4% |
15% |
6 Drawer sides |
Ч2 |
3 |
8% |
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2 Sides |
% |
17% |
38 |
4 Upper sides |
% |
4% |
17 |
3 Bottoms |
Ч2 |
8 |
8 |
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1 Top |
% |
10% |
33% |
2 Upper false fronts |
% |
5 |
15% |
BOOKCASE: Carcase |
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1 Bottom |
% |
17% |
3316 |
2 Upper drawer bottoms |
% |
15 |
16% |
2 Sides |
3A |
8% |
35% |
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1 Back Panel |
і |
32% |
37% |
2 Middle front and back |
% |
5% |
32% |
1 Top |
3A |
11% |
38 |
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1 Writing surface |
% |
17% |
32% |
2 Middle sides |
3A |
5% |
17 |
1 Bottom |
3A |
8% |
32% |
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2 Lopers |
3A |
33A |
17 |
1 Middle false front |
% |
6 |
32% |
1 Front facing rail |
3A |
3% |
33 |
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2 Loper housings |
% |
33A |
17 |
2 Lower front and back |
% |
6% |
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1 Back rail |
3A |
3 |
31% |
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6 Dust frame stiles |
% |
2 |
32% |
2 Lower sides |
3A |
6% |
17 |
1 Bottom Rail |
3A |
2 |
31% |
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6 Dust frame rails |
% |
2 |
13% |
1 Lower false front |
3A |
7 |
33% |
1 Molding frame front |
3A |
2 |
36% |
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1 Cross rail |
% |
4 |
13% |
2 Drawer bottoms |
% |
31% |
16% |
2 Molding frame sides |
3A |
2 |
11 |
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1 Drawer divider |
3A |
2 |
15% |
BUREAU: Shallow Drawer |
1 Molding front (built up) |
1A |
1% |
35% |
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1 Muntin |
% |
2 |
5 |
2 Front and back |
3A |
3’%6 |
29% |
2 Molding sides |
1% |
1% |
10% |
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BUREAU: Base |
2 Sides |
% |
3% |
17 |
1 Back panel |
% |
29% |
32% |
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1 Molding front |
3A |
% |
35% |
1 False front |
% |
3% |
29% |
BOOKCASE: Doors |
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2 Molding sides |
3A |
% |
18% |
1 Drawer bottom |
% |
28% |
16% |
4 Stiles |
3A |
2 |
31% |
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1 Molding base front |
% |
3 |
35% |
BUREAU: Pigeonhole Unit |
4 Rails |
% |
2 |
12% |
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2 Molding base sides |
3A |
3 |
19% |
2 Top and bottom |
% |
8% |
32% |
1 Glass-stop molding |
% |
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1 Molding frame front |
A |
2 |
34 |
8 Dividers and sides |
% |
8% |
10% |
2 Glass panes |
% |
125Аб |
27% |
