Furniture designing and draughting; notes on the elementary forms, methods of construction and dimensions of common articles of furniture by Nye Alvan Crocker

Author:Nye, Alvan Crocker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Furniture
Publisher: New York : W. T. Comstock
Published: 1900-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

The cane seat requires a flat frame usually above the seat frame, though it may replace it. On the inner edge of this frame holes are bored through which the cane is drawn and stretched across the opening until a seat is formed.

•The sofa is practically an extremely wide chair, and the data given for chairs may be applied to it.

The following is a table of dimensions of various chairs taken from satisfactory examples :

CHAIR DIMENSIONS.

Arms.

Seat. Depth Height

/-— Width.—- •> Out- < --- Back. --- > from

Variety. Height. Front. Back. side. Height. Slope, floor.

Bedroom chair. . . . 18 16 13 17 34 2% . .

Baby's high chair 1 .. 20 14 12 13% 37 3 27

Cheek chair 3 ...... 17 29 25 27y 2 44 4% . .

"Chip" chair ...... 17 22 17% 17 39

" ...... 18 22 17 17% 38

Dining chair ...... 20 24 22 L'2 45 2% LN>%

" ...... 20 19 17 19 43 2

" ...... 19 19 17 18 38% 1% ..

" ...... 18 20 15 15 36 2

Easy chair ........ 17 33 28 *24 43 5 21

Easy chair 3 ....... 17 27 25 27% 41 (»% 20

"Hepplewhite" chair 18 21% 17 17 34% 2 27

Parlor chair 3 ...... 16% 24 19% 18% 36 4 25%

Parlor chair 2 ...... 14 21 21 *18 29

Parlor chair 2 ...... 18 26% 22% 2(5% 37 4 2."»

Parlor chair* ...... 18 20 13 19 36 3 23

Piano bench ...... 20 40 .. 15 ......

Reception chair 5 . . . 17 21 19 21 30 2

Recking chair ..... 16 23% 20% 19% 41 2 24

"Roundabout" chair 18 18 18 18 29% 0 28%

"Rubens" chair ____ 20% 17% 17% 15 40 O

"Slipper" chair. ... 12 18 15 17 28

1 Foot rest 12 ins. above floor; 2 overstuff ed ; 3 French cane seat and back; *wood arm and back; 6 upholstered seat. *Depth inside.

SOFA DIMENSIONS.

floor. Slope cf back is measured, at seat level, to a perpendicular through highest point of the back.

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