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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 393678, member: 5066&quot;]Another point about this period of furniture building that is mostly forgotten, there was a stone cold REVOLUTION going on in the making of furniture in america, europe also. For centuries prior, furniture was built by joiners primarily from riven (split) oak and decorated with shallow relief carving. This furniture tends to be rather boxy &amp; chunky in appearance, they were making furniture by splitting felled oak trees with wedges and planing this split (riven) wood into boards to be joined.</p><p>What caused this revolution in furniture making? TOOLS!&nbsp; Prior to the late 17th early 18th century we simply did not have the tools to build william &amp; mary and later queen anne furniture crafted by a brand new trade in woodworking, cabinetmakers.</p><p>Take that Boston chest above, the frame is riven oak (traditional material of joiners), the side panels are sawn pine as are the drawer fronts &amp; top. It&#039;s kind of a transitional piece with prior joiner elements (frame) and a nod to the brand new style of william &amp; mary with bun feet &amp; that single dovetail on drawer built by cabinetmakers.</p><p>Question: what&#039;s the difference between a carpenter, a joiner &amp; a cabinetmaker</p><p>Answer: Nails, pegs &amp; dovetails <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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