Sheraton, Thomas; Bensley, Thomas; Mathews, James; Bensley, Thomas [Bearb.]; Mathews, James [Bearb.]; Terry, George [Bearb.]; Jordan, Jeremiah Samuel [Bearb.]; Wayland, L. [Bearb.]: The Cabinet-Maker And Upholsterer's Drawing-Book: In Three Parts (London: Printed For The Author, By T. Bensley; And Sold By J. Mathews ... C. Terry ... J.S. Jordan ... L. Wayland ... And By The Author, 1793)

figure of the framed top will appear, efpecially when it is lined
with leather.
Next, it muft be confidered how to glue on the mahogany
on the framing, fo as to make the furbafe moulding appear of
folid wood. Firft, plough the four ihort fides of the hexagon,
and then tongue in fuitable mahogany lengthways, meeting in
a ftraight joint in the center of the top; and, laftly, after the
tonguing is dry, glue in ffraight joints pieces on the two long
fides of the hexagon, and when dry, the top will be prepared
for cutting to its elliptic fhape.
The manner of framing the upper and lower parts of the
carcafe muft be learned from the plan.
The upper part, framed in an entire oval, contains the
defk-drawers; and, if thought neceffary, two fliort ones may be
obtained over the fide niches.
The cupboard part is framed in two, each of which Has a
niche at the end, and one-third of the fide niches; for the
niches are all of them divided into three pannels, and the middle
pannels of the fide ones ferve as doors, by which an open paf-
fage is gained through the table. There are four cupboards in
the whole, divided in the manner fpecified by the dotted lines in
the