Figure 12 Drawing of a (a) mitered mortise-and-tenon joint and (b) flat-faced mortise-and-tenon joint. (Adapted from a drawing in Peter M. Kenny, Frances Gruber Safford, and Gilbert T. Vincent, American Kasten: The Dutch-Style Cupboards of New York and New Jersey 16501800 [New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991], p. 12; artwork, Wynne Patterson.) |