>>Apparently lying on the floor to take photos of the underside

I am that man.  

The family stay clear of me whenever we visit castles, houses, museums.  Amazing
how helpful the guardians can be about ‘no photos’ when you explain it isn’t the
fabulous ON the table, it’s the mechanism on the underside you want to photo.


Richard Wilson
Yorkshireman Galoot
on a sunny Northumbrian day




> of tables and cabinets is a source of ridicule. 
> On 22 May 2015, at 02:36, Darrell & Kathy  wrote:
> 
> 
> Galoots
> 
> I have been flipping through the heaps of pictures we took on our holiday,
> and found a few that may be of interest here on the Porch.  There have
> been complaints levelled at me for the vast number of close-up shots of
> joinery and carvings, as well as jeering from the audience in regards to
> my methods.  Apparently lying on the floor to take photos of the underside
> of tables and cabinets is a source of ridicule.
> 
> But I had fun, so who cares, eh?  On to the pictures!
> 
> Here's a simple one, layout lines on dovetails.  This was on a short
> cabinet, maybe 5 ft tall, and it had a crown molding across the top,
> but not down the sides.  I suspect it was made to fit into a niche
> someplace.
> 
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5745
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5745.JPG<
/a>
> 
> It gets more interesting.  Here's a shot of the top side, where you
> can see the pegs used to pin the crown in place.  The bit that
> intrigues me here is the cutout on the end of the stile.  It would
> be mildly curious, except for the fact the another reasonably
> short cabinet (there were not too many of these, but there
> were LOADS of really tall ones!) has the same cutout stile.
> So I wonder what the cut out part of the stile is for?
> 
> pinned crown
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5742
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5742.JPG<
/a>
> 
> cutout stiles
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5747
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5747.JPG<
/a>
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5754
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5754.JPG<
/a>
> 
> And here's some more layout lines, this time across the top of a
> set of flutes (or is that reeds?)
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5718
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5718.JPG<
/a>
> 
> I looked around when I saw this piece, and since no one was
> looking I reached out and touched it.  Ran my finger up and
> down the flutes.  The main part is scraped I think, as it's reasonably
> straight and smooth and even.  The ends are not, they have quite
> obviously been carved - no routahs here!  You can feel it, not sure
> it you can see it.
> 
> What else have I got here...  Oh, some moldings.  Built up crowns
> on the top of cabinets.  Most of them were up against walls, so not
> visible form the back, but a few wide cabinets were against narrow
> sections of wall, so you could see the bits normally unseen.
> 
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5783
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5783.JPG<
/a>
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5797
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5797.JPG<
/a>
> 
> And some repairs.  Indeed, a lot of this stuff has seen better days,
> and has been put out to pasture in the museum, with all of the
> accumulated good intentions of previous owners.  Check this
> one out, looks like it has been to the repair shop a few times:
> 
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5733
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5733.JPG<
/a>
> 
> And this one, with new rails, missing pegs, nails and shims:
> 
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5784
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5784.JPG<
/a>
> 
> I find this kind of thing fascinating.  I could spend hours interpreting
> the life of battered old furniture.  Actually I did.  :^)  Until SWMBO
> unceremoniously hauled me away.
> 
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5588
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/a>
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/IMG_0368
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/IMG_0368.JPG<
/a>
> 
> I think Peter Follansbee would love this place.   So much carved
> oak furniture, and done in that "close enough is good enough" style.
> So much of the carving looked amazing from half way across the
> room, but up close it is uneven and almost rough looking.   This
> one is fabulous, I love the way it catches the light, but nothing is
> symmetrical or really accurate (in the modern machine-made style).
> It looks great!
> 
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5564
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/a>
> 
> This one here is dated 1642 and apart from a cracked panel
> is in remarkable shape.  The carvings are still clean and crisp
> and not as dirty as some of the others (ok, not as  *patinated*).
> 
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5561
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5561.JPG<
/a>
> 
> Check out this one, the carvings appear to have been reworked
> or amended or something.  I wonder if it was the maker who did
> this, or was it someone later on making a change due to some
> damage?  I'm thinking it was the carver who made a mistake,
> and left some evidence to confound me.
> 
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5744
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5744.JPG<
/a>
> 
> One more thing I noticed about the carvings is that some of them
> appear to have been done after assembling the piece.  Here's
> one that has the carvings outside the boundaries of the panels.
> You might have done this as separate pieces, but I think it would
> have been easier after assembly.
> 
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5575
.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5575.JPG<
/a>
> 
> ​ And this one I thought was really cool.  The carvings are very
> bold​ and deep, none of this scratching the surface business.
> But look, you can see where the panel and the stile have slipped
> a bit, exposing what appears to be layers of carving.  I think the
> carver and the joiner were different guys, or at least different jobs.
> I pointed this out to one of the nearby museum staff, she was
> surprised, and had never really thought about how the furniture
> was made.  She followed us through that gallery, listening to
> me expound on the joinery techniques and the evidence that
> indicated how the work was put together.
> 
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/IMG-2015
0513-00320.jpg">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/IMG
-20150513-00320.jpg
> 
> ​ So now there is one more person who might have begun to
> appreciate subtle aspects of the furniture in her care, who
> might look deeper than just "that's pretty" and see someone's
> hand at work, creating something amazing.
> 
> And speaking of pretty, I think my 'stache is nicer ;^)
> 
> ​ http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_55
47.JPG">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/100_5547.JP
G
> 
> 
> -- 
> Darrell LaRue
> Oakville ON
> Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User
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