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Post by ddashk on May 14, 2008 13:06:28 GMT
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Post by engineerone on May 14, 2008 13:23:11 GMT
that's one way of stopping it getting knicked ;D looks very nicely made and attractive paul  |
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Post by ddashk on May 14, 2008 16:29:07 GMT
works too. it's still there despite numerous attempts.
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Post by modernist on May 14, 2008 21:15:52 GMT
I like that - very arty top I don't think I've seen contrasting dovetails that way round with the darker timber on the sides - interesting. Brian |
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Post by ddashk on May 14, 2008 21:36:11 GMT
two reasons for the dark sides.
firstly it gives nice blocks on the front which tie in with the mackintosh theme (had just moved to glasgow at the time).
secondly we were only allowed to use poplar for the drawer sides and back. had to disguise it somehow.
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Post by modernist on May 15, 2008 17:45:08 GMT
two reasons for the dark sides. firstly it gives nice blocks on the front which tie in with the mackintosh theme (had just moved to glasgow at the time). secondly we were only allowed to use poplar for the drawer sides and back. had to disguise it somehow. Interesting man Macintosh. Most of his design ideas rightly permeate our lives to the present but I was a bit underwhelmed by some of the actual domestic furniture when I viisted the museums in Glasgow myself. Conversely I was just amazed by some his architecture. Can't think of a better theme to follow. Nice work Brian |
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Post by ddashk on May 15, 2008 20:36:02 GMT
i know what you mean by the furniture being a bit underwhelming. i was talking to a lecturer who teaches restoration and he calls him charles rentboy mackintosh. apparently alot of it was badly made and therefore hard to restore.
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