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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 562954, member: 5066&quot;]No, the mortise &amp; tenon joinery (sides of case/drawer blade) was most likely done with steam powered machines making a very precise dry fit on those joints which required only glue at assembly.</p><p>If the mortise &amp; tenon were hand cut with hammer &amp; chisel (prior to 1840), it would have been assembled with a wood pin making a &quot;drawbore&quot; joint.</p><p>Generally speaking, drawer boxes in america were largely done by hand until 1900 when they finally figured out the machinery that would cut dovetails. Almost everything else associated with furniture making though was done with machines, starting around 1840 or so.</p><p>This is why you see late victorian furniture that is clearly machine made with the exception of the drawer boxes that have hand cut dovetails.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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