Unusual Federal style table skirt construction

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Jeff L Headley
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« on: May 19, 2012, 07:06:26 PM »

Here is a Federal style table skirt construction, probably Centennial.


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Jack Plane
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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2012, 03:49:46 AM »

Fascinating! I've never seen that form of construction before.

I can't quite make out the joints; are they simply lapped or tongued and grooved?


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Jeff L Headley
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« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2012, 09:31:09 AM »

Each segment is splined together.


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ttalma
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« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2012, 07:56:31 AM »

any idea what the circle scratched in the bottom is for?


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Jeff L Headley
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« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2012, 06:27:18 PM »

The scribe marks are from laying out and inlaid segmented oval which was not on this piece.


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