Cabinetmaker - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: cabinetmakerCabinetmaker
One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture as tables bedsteads bureaus etc...
Cabinetmaking
The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture...
Calambour
A species of agalloch or aloes wood of a dusky or mottled color of a light friable texture and less fragrant than calambac used by cabinetmakers...
Chippendale
Designating furniture designed or like that designed by Thomas Chippendale an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation sculptured either in the solid wood or in the cheaper specimens separately and glued on In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized French Chippendale having much detail like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze Chinese Chippendale marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments and Gothic Chippendale attempting to adapt medieval details The forms as of the cabriole and chairbacks often resemble Queen Anne In chairs the seat is widened at the front and the back toward the top widened and bent backward except in Chinese Chippendale in which the backs are usually rectangular...
Cocobolo
A very beautiful and hard wood obtained in the West India Islands It is used in cabinetmaking for the handles of tools and for various fancy articles...
VerbarMahaled
A cherry tree Prunus Mahaleb of Southern Europe The wood is prized by cabinetmakers the twigs are used for pipe stems the flowers and leaves yield a perfume and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor like kirschwasser are prepared...
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