for a Frontish Piece Door in the Back front of Cap. McPhersons House towards Schoulkill @ 25 pounds." On March 30, 1764 another of Thomas Nevell's skilled journeyman, David Ainsworth, was credited 25 pounds for creating the "Back front" frontispiece at Mount Pleasant. His work had been measured by two leading Carpenters Company members, Robert … Continue reading “Cr: David Ainsworth
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East Side, West Side, all around the town…
The history of the west side frontispiece of Mount Pleasant in the Tuscan Order is similar to that of the east side Doric frontispiece. The original bases and plinths were lost before the beginning of the twentieth century though in this case no photographs before c. 1900 of the west side exist. The Tuscan Order is … Continue reading East Side, West Side, all around the town…
“Forests were the first temples of God and in forests men grasped their first idea of architecture.” James C. Snyder
"Where columns are turned out of the solid, charge according to the trouble of procuring the stuff, sawing them off, hewing, and attendance on the boring, turning and fixing them up." Articles of the Carpenters Company of Philadelphia: And Their Rules for Measuring and Valuing House-Carpenters Work, Philadelphia, 1786 Interior columns were glued up. The … Continue reading “Forests were the first temples of God and in forests men grasped their first idea of architecture.” James C. Snyder
Teaching at MASW
This May I will be teaching for the first time at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking for the first time. The school is 12 miles south of Indianapolis and is the "Largest Woodworking School in North America". The great number of classes offered, the size of the shops and facilities, and Marc and his … Continue reading Teaching at MASW
Tea Table Pairs Again
A comment to this site asked that I reference the locations of the possible pairs of tea tables I illustrated here. I do that here and include links and books that illustrate them. On the left: Sold January, 2015, Keno Auctions, New York seen here. On the right: Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art … Continue reading Tea Table Pairs Again
In Proportion to the Trouble 