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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 565565, member: 6444"]I've made it clear that I agree with the first part of your statement, that furniture built after 1850 is almost always at least partially machine made - most notably the planks being produced by lumber mill circular saws.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I certainly disagree with your second statement, that all handmade pre-1850 furniture has pinned (or dovetailed) joints. I already showed one example but here is another perfect example, from the Winterthur collection of Boston furniture. It is described as Federal furniture, and dated 1780-1850 - so an even broader range than I suggested above for the birdseye piece (1810-1840) and extends back into the late 18th century. But note that the Winterthur dating is for a piece of handmade furniture, and there are clearly no pins on the joints (see the closeup on the link). In fact the description states: "The <a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/fixed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/fixed" rel="nofollow">fixed</a> <a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/aprons" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/aprons" rel="nofollow">aprons</a> and <a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/back" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/back" rel="nofollow">back</a> are <a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/attached" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/attached" rel="nofollow">attached</a> with <a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/mortise" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/mortise" rel="nofollow">mortise</a> and <a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/tenon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/tenon" rel="nofollow">tenon</a> <a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/joints" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/joints" rel="nofollow">joints</a> to the <a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/legs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/legs" rel="nofollow">legs</a>, <a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/reinforced" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/reinforced" rel="nofollow">reinforced</a> with <a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/glue" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/glue" rel="nofollow">glue</a> <a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/blocks" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/blocks" rel="nofollow">blocks</a>." So mortise and tenon with glue blocks, but no pins needed. As I said earlier, they are not needed on a small piece of furniture like this.</p><p><a href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/compoundobject/collection/bostonfurn/id/429/rec/25" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/compoundobject/collection/bostonfurn/id/429/rec/25" rel="nofollow">http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/compoundobject/collection/bostonfurn/id/429/rec/25</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]172322[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 565565, member: 6444"]I've made it clear that I agree with the first part of your statement, that furniture built after 1850 is almost always at least partially machine made - most notably the planks being produced by lumber mill circular saws. But I certainly disagree with your second statement, that all handmade pre-1850 furniture has pinned (or dovetailed) joints. I already showed one example but here is another perfect example, from the Winterthur collection of Boston furniture. It is described as Federal furniture, and dated 1780-1850 - so an even broader range than I suggested above for the birdseye piece (1810-1840) and extends back into the late 18th century. But note that the Winterthur dating is for a piece of handmade furniture, and there are clearly no pins on the joints (see the closeup on the link). In fact the description states: "The [URL='http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/fixed']fixed[/URL] [URL='http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/aprons']aprons[/URL] and [URL='http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/back']back[/URL] are [URL='http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/attached']attached[/URL] with [URL='http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/mortise']mortise[/URL] and [URL='http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/tenon']tenon[/URL] [URL='http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/joints']joints[/URL] to the [URL='http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/legs']legs[/URL], [URL='http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/reinforced']reinforced[/URL] with [URL='http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/glue']glue[/URL] [URL='http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/search/collection/bostonfurn/field/descri/searchterm/blocks']blocks[/URL]." So mortise and tenon with glue blocks, but no pins needed. As I said earlier, they are not needed on a small piece of furniture like this. [URL]http://content.winterthur.org:2011/cdm/compoundobject/collection/bostonfurn/id/429/rec/25[/URL] [ATTACH=full]172322[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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