Does anyone know of any measured drawings for Chippendale arm chairs? With Covid risks, I'm not eager to try to find one in the collection of a historical society and measure it myself. I can be reached at navman9@comcast.net.
I'm planning on revising the plans that I have for the chair built by Adam Cherubini in Nov 2008 PW and taught in a workshop during 2011 by Fred Walker to make an arm chair version. I know that the width of arm chairs was roughly 2" wider than the side chairs. What I don't know is how the mortise and tenon joint between the arm support and the arm is arranged. If a circular tenon (a dowel in today's versions) was used, that would simplify the construction, but I don't know how an 18th century chairmaker would cut a circular tenon. Can anyone help me?
Bob Elser
I'm planning on revising the plans that I have for the chair built by Adam Cherubini in Nov 2008 PW and taught in a workshop during 2011 by Fred Walker to make an arm chair version. I know that the width of arm chairs was roughly 2" wider than the side chairs. What I don't know is how the mortise and tenon joint between the arm support and the arm is arranged. If a circular tenon (a dowel in today's versions) was used, that would simplify the construction, but I don't know how an 18th century chairmaker would cut a circular tenon. Can anyone help me?
Bob Elser