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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 397325, member: 5066"]lol, No! absolutely wrong Moon!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>True! dovetailing has been around for thousands of years & on that drawer box above it is dovetailed as well, the back & front of drawer sides. The thing is though when it came to building early furniture, dovetails were abandoned in favor of mortise & tenon joinery built by joiners. Drawer boxes were usually assembled with nails & It pretty much stayed that way til the 18th century.</p><p>drawer box of Moon chest, side view</p><p>[ATTACH=full]138125[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 397325, member: 5066"]lol, No! absolutely wrong Moon! True! dovetailing has been around for thousands of years & on that drawer box above it is dovetailed as well, the back & front of drawer sides. The thing is though when it came to building early furniture, dovetails were abandoned in favor of mortise & tenon joinery built by joiners. Drawer boxes were usually assembled with nails & It pretty much stayed that way til the 18th century. drawer box of Moon chest, side view [ATTACH=full]138125[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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