Hi folks, Does anyone have any references or thoughts for what type of joints would have most commonly been used on a small box or coffret from the 13th...
What would this box have been used for? The use it was intended for would have a great deal of influence on the joints. The 'fancier' the use the 'fancier' the...
I don't have my references with me so I'm shooting from the hip: I don't' think dovetails are period for 13th century. The most common joint I've seen has...
They had dovetails, lap joints, wedge tendons, mortise and tendon, and tons more. ... They had dovetails, lap joints, wedge tendons, mortise and tendon, and...
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Bill Schongar (bschon...
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Jul 1, 2010 8:48 pm
The period examples I’ve seen pictures of of are leather covered and then adorned with silver and gold-gilt enameled medallions with the owner’s crests...
Hi Shara, I'm interested in your camel saddles, are they authentic and do you have any pics? We are making three for our group. As we are traders travelling...
Anyone know of examples of the 'box joint' or 'finger joint' being used in 'period'? Meaning the modern 'box joint' not a joint for a box..... lol ...
Box/finger joints are virtually unknown before the advent of modern mass produced furniture. It relies almost completely on the strength of glue to hold...
Ref Box joint- that was what I expected to hear thanks! Baron Conal O'hAirt / Jim Hart Aude Aliquid Dignum ' Dare Something Worthy ' ...
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Jul 2, 2010 7:17 am
... Hey, that's not just a 13th Century problem. I grew up surrounded by people doing that! Ulfhedinn...
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Jul 2, 2010 7:57 am
... I'm looking at several of them in a book a friend picked up for me in England years ago. There are a couple of 6-board chests with no obvious joinery...
... wrote: Â ... the 13th ... MUCH GOOD STUFF SNIPPED FOR BREVITY The _Standebuch_ of Jost Amman (Frankfurt am Main, 1568) shows a number of clearly ...
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Bill Schongar (bschon...
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Jul 2, 2010 3:20 pm
This is a huge help, thanks! And many thanks to everyone else who has provided input as well - I now have two more books to go find and add to the library. ...
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Bill Schongar (bschon...
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Jul 2, 2010 3:23 pm
I'm betting other folks knew this already, but all the illustrations from Jost Amman's 'Standebuch' appear to be online, many stored in Wikimedia. Here's a...
One other source are the so-called medieval "church chests." There's a reprint of a turn-of-the 20th century survey of English chests that illustrates the...
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conradh@...
Jul 2, 2010 8:54 pm
... Thank you for that online reference! I had never hunted one up, and having one will be handy. Using my hard copy (Dover reprint) I compiled an index a...
Um, what format is your attachment, it wouldn't open for me? Not everyone will be able to view it, you know... especially if they get this list in digest...
OK, so you're sitting in your period pavilion, sipping a period beverage from a period cup, kicked off your period shoes, and are lounging on your period bed,...
The few from that era that I've seen in museums appeared to have been joined by treenails. Most are also covered with leather and/or gessoed, covering...
Early Chests in Wood and Iron and? I think I missed the other title.... Baron Conal O'hAirt / Jim Hart Aude Aliquid Dignum ' Dare Something Worthy ' ...
Interesting find. I'm mostly responding to get a subject line on the post that makes some sort of sense when searching. In Service to the Dream. Eirikr...
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conradh@...
Jul 3, 2010 7:39 pm
... It wouldn't even open for _me_ when I tried it. Damn Yahell anyway... How does one get to the "Files section" of this list? Thanks in advance, Ulfhedinn...
You just go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/ and then click on the Files menu to the far left of the screen. From there, you can Create a...
... Aaaaaaaaaaaand we're off! The betting windows are now closed, ladies and gentlemen as the horses are reaching the first quarter-mile post... -Iain...
Rule 1 - never say never Rule 2 - never say always The best you can say is you do not know of any examples of dovetails in England and France in the 13th...
I agree with both Conal and Tim. While one should be careful to not deal in absolutes (as Conal said), according to every thing I know about extant examples,...
That it's an outlier, and a reproduction or a piece of utility gear - but not that it's a common practice. Will From: medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com ...
Ok, here is something I did a little looking at, if you can say your mentor traveled, or learned from a traveler, you might want to think about China,...
There are also Egyptian dovetails in BC time. ( cannot recall any more specific details off the cuff ) Use them or don't... I don't care, but don't invent ...
