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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 2690018, member: 5066"]No, that is not correct. What you are missing here is that Americans started out with almost limitless supplies of vast virgin forests & timber.</p><p>Single board furniture construction was the norm here from the 17th -19th centuries not only for drawer bottoms but the piece itself and tabletops as well. It is common to see single board table tops 27+ inches wide here.</p><p>In the 17th century, joiners built drawers that were side hung with single board bottoms usually just nailed on.</p><p>Starting around 1700, cabinetmakers started to dominate the furniture trade and for the next 150+ years, the single board 3 chamfered edge drawer bottom like you see in photo above was pretty much the standard in drawer construction, both city & rural.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 2690018, member: 5066"]No, that is not correct. What you are missing here is that Americans started out with almost limitless supplies of vast virgin forests & timber. Single board furniture construction was the norm here from the 17th -19th centuries not only for drawer bottoms but the piece itself and tabletops as well. It is common to see single board table tops 27+ inches wide here. In the 17th century, joiners built drawers that were side hung with single board bottoms usually just nailed on. Starting around 1700, cabinetmakers started to dominate the furniture trade and for the next 150+ years, the single board 3 chamfered edge drawer bottom like you see in photo above was pretty much the standard in drawer construction, both city & rural.[/QUOTE]
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