INDEX.

A B C D E F G H I K L

M N O P R S T U V W Z

Acerra, 151

Ædicula, 151

Album-covers, 129, 131

Alms boxes, 148

Alpenstocks, carved, 136

Ammonia as a wood stain, 112

Animal forms, carving, 59

Antefix, 151

Appliqué work, 75, 84;

it may be carried too far, 76

Art, “high,” and carving, 64, 76.

See also Conventional, the, Rule, etc.

Artist, the, and the workman in wood-carving, 82

Balusters, carving, 142

Barge-board, 151

Bark frames, 154

Bars, and other ornaments, 101

Base moulding, 147

Basket-work, imitation of, 128

Beam, hammer, 154

Beams, carving, 141

Bedsteads, carved, 143

Bellows, carving, 137, 138

Bench, the working, 3;

screws, 5

Benches, carving, 132

Bend, getting the, 55

Bent tools, 5, 95

Bichromate of Potash as a dye, 113

Black dyes, 114

Blocking-out, 50, 56

Bold, large work, 48, 49

Bone, ivory, etc., carving, 14

Book-box, 136

Book-covers, carved, 88, 91, 129

Books and authorities, quoted and referred to:

Caddy, Mr., 3;

Fairholt’s Dictionary, 151;

Gibson’s “Wood Carver,” 8;

Holtzapffel, J. J., 2, 83;

Leland’s “Drawing and Designing,” 72, 122;

Mitchell’s “Lessons in Carpentry,” 126;

Rowe, Eleanor, 42, 112;

Seaton, General, 11, 88, 96, 114.

See also under names, as Gibbons, Grinling.

Borders, carved, 78, 146

Bosses, or centres, 75, 101, 141

Bosting, 38, 50, 56

Bowl, to carve a, 95, 142, 154

Boxes, carving, 125, 136, 144, 148;

hanging, 132, 133;

pen and pencil, 134.

See also Cabinets, Caskets, Perfume, etc.

Brackets, 125, 144, 145;

coin (or corner), 150

Bread platters, 137, 140, 152

Buffets, 148

Building-up, or appliqué work, 75

Butternut as a dye, 111

Cabinet-making, 124

Cabinets, 133, 152;

Figurini for, 59, 62;

corner, 150

Caddy, Mr., his suggestions, 3

Canoes, carving, 129

Carpentry, C. F. Mitchell’s Lessons in, 126

Carving, early, 33, 54, 68, 70, 101, 130, 134, 141;

objects for, 121.

See also Cabinets, Horns, Italian work, etc.

Carvings, decayed, restoration of, 106

Carvings, imitation of, 108

Case for papers or music, 117

Caskets, 136;

for cigars, 127.

See also Boxes, etc.

Casks, carving, 97, 128

Casts. See Moulds, etc.

Cavo-cutting, 28

Cavo Relievo cutting, 28, 32

Cellini, Benvenuto, 11

Celtic patterns, 26

Cement, for glass and china, 109;

for wood, 97, 106, 146.

See also Fillers, Glue, etc.

Centres, or bosses, 75, 89

Chairs for carving, 124

Chimney-pieces, decoration of, 140.

See also Lunettes, etc.

Chipping, or wasting, 42

Chisels, 3, 10

Churns, ornamental, 154

Ciborium, Synedoche, 151

Clamps, or Cramps. See Holdfasts.

Clock-cases, 142

Coal boxes, etc., 140

Cocoa-nut goblet, 100

Cocoa-nut shell cement, 97;

powder, etc., 108

Cocoa-nuts, carving, 95

Coin (or corner) brackets, 150

Coins as ornaments, 146

Collection boxes, 144

Colouring and staining wood, 110

Common-place, the, v. the grotesque, 140

Console, or bracket, 125, 154

Conventional, the, preferable to the real, 54, 57

Corner-cabinets, 150;

firmers, 4

Cramps, or Clamps. See Holdfasts.

Crossing the pattern, 103

Cups, handles for, 154

Curve carving, 26

Curved surfaces, carving, 93

Custodia, Spanish, 152

Cyma, 152

Decoration, early, 130;

of rooms, 130

See also Rooms, etc.

Deep carving. See Intaglio.

“Design, Manual of.” See Leland.

Diaper cutting, 18, 69, 70, 76;

patterns, 70, 129, 147

Diptych, 150

Dogs, or snibs, 8

Door-knobs, 104;

pieces, 139

Doors, panels of, 129

Drawers, handles for, 145

Drawing, 61, 72

Drill, use of the, 47

Dripstone, 154

Dyes for wood, 110

Ebony and other black dyes, 114

Echinus, 154

Egyptian intaglio, 90

Egyptian Mummies (boxes), 136

Encoignures, 150

Engravings, imitation of, 91

Eye-tools, 5

Façade pieces, 139

Figures, carving simple, 59

Figurini, 62, 83

Files for finishing, 64

Fillers, or cements for wood, 106, 119

Finger painting, Venetian, 113

Finial, 150

Finishing off, 50, 64

Firmer, the, 3

Flasks, carving, 134

Flat-cutting, 26, 35, 48

Flat patterns, 28, 30, 31

Flemish carvers, the old, 33

Florence, ornament from, 58

Fluter, the, 22, 34

Foot-stools, 132

Frames, bark, 154;

or borders, 78;

picture, etc., 128, 148, 149, 151

Free-hand carving, 49

Fret bow saw, the, 9.

See also under Saw.

Fret-cutting, 84

Furniture, carving for, 74;

old and German, 124, 125.

See also under Cabinets, Chairs, Foot-stools, etc.

Gable ornaments, 151

Garden-work, 143

Gardens, window, 129

Gates, carving, 143

Gelatine as a preservative, 107

Gelatine glue, 109

German furniture, 124

Gibbons, Grinling, his work, 75

Gibson, Mr. J. S., his “Wood-Carver” quoted, 8

Gilding, 141, 155.

See also under Finishing.

Glass, and glass-paper, for finishing, 64, 66

Glue, making and use of, 105, 108;

acidulated and liquid, 106, 108, 109

Gothic wood-carving, 40

Gouge lines, 20;

work, 22

Gouges, 3, 4, 10

Grain, cutting with the, 44

Greek, ancient, work, 47

Grindstones, etc., 12

Grooving, 2, 22

Grotesque, the, v. the commonplace, 140

Ground punches, 16, 17

Grounds, cutting, 34

Hammer beam, 154

Handles of tools, 11;

for drawers, 145;

Swedish, 154

Hand screws, 5, 7

Hanging boxes, 63, 132

Heads and legs, in ornament, 151

Holdfasts, or clamps, 5, 44, 94

Hollow gouge, the, 5

Holtzapffel, Mr. John J., on the Use of the Saw in wood-carving, 83

Hood moulding, 154

Hooker, Sir Joseph, 107

Horn, how to colour, 94;

how to soften, 95

Horns, carving, 93, 128

House, outside ornament of the, 139

Hulme, works of, 101

Imitation of old work, etc., 64

Implements. See Tools, etc.

Impost, 154

Incised work, 86

Incitega, 150

Indenting, or stamping, 2, 15

Ink as a dye, 114

Intaglio, or sunk carving, 86;

Rilevato cutting, 28

Irish (Runic) patterns, 26;

tankard, old, 99

Italian, early, work, 62, 86, 143

Ivory and horn, dyes, etc., for, 95

Ivorying, 113

Key boxes, 133

Knobs and bosses, 101

Knuckle-bends, 10

Kraft, Adam, his work, 55

Layard, Sir A. H., his antiquities from Nineveh, 107

Leather work and carving, 90, 91

Leaves, cutting, 39, 51, 53, 64

Lecterns, 147, 148

Left hand, carving with the, 39, 46

Leland, Mr. C. G., his “Drawing and Designing,” 72, 122;

design in high relief by, 81

Lunettes and spaces, filling, 139

Macaroni tool, the, 10, 42

Mander’s stains for wood, 111

Metal work, repoussé, 15, 17

Mirrors, hand, 153

Mitchell, C. F., his “Lessons in Carpentry,” 126

Modelling, 39, 49, 55, 61, 79;

or rounding, 39

Modillons, 153

Monopodium, or centre-table, 150

Mottoes, 140

Moulding, hood, 154

Mouldings and borders, 147, 150

Moulds, carving for, 90, 92;

making, 115

Mummies (boxes), 136

Mural decoration, 140

Nails, headed, as ornaments, 146

Nineveh antiquities, the, 107

Norway, ornament in, 154;

spot cutting there, 118

Notches in leaves, cutting, 51

Oak, treatment of, 111, 112;

leaves, 43, 54

Objects for wood-carvers, 121

Oiling in finishing, 66, 110

Oilstones, etc., 12

Orbs, carving, 150

Ornament, pre-historic, 118

Ornamentation, art of, 121.

See also Decoration.

Ornaments, applied, 146

Outlines, 154

Outlining, 34

Pacific islands, spot cutting there, 118

Paint, etc., in finishing, 68, 91, 113

Painting, finger, of the old Venetians, 113

Panels for carving, 123, 129, 132

Paper squeezes, 115

Papier-maché work, etc., and carving, 90, 92, 116

Parting tool, the, 10, 13.

See also V tool.

Patterns for carvers, 74, 122

Pattern-wheel, or tracer, the, 15

Pegs and hooks, 141

Pen and pencil boxes, 134

Perfume chests, 154

Pew-ends, 148

Pick, the, 3

Pilasters, 147

Pilgrim bottles, 134, 135

Plaster casts, 116

Platters, carved, 137, 140

Polished ornaments, 102

Polishing wood-carvings, 66, 111.

See also Finishing.

Poppy-heads, 150, 151

Porte-papier, 148

Portfolio-covers, 129

Powder-flasks, 134

Practice, 40, 48

Racks, carved, 141

Rasps for finishing, 66

Real, the, not to be sought too strictly, 54

Relics, ancient, preservation of, 107

Relief, high, design by C. G. Leland, 81;

higher, 53;

low, 89;

progress towards, 39

Reliquaries (boxes), 136

Repairing wood-carvings, 105

Repoussé work, 15, 17

Ribbon carving, 34, 48, 57.

See also Flat carving.

Ring boxes, 148, 152

Roman Sarcophagus (box), 136

Roman work, early, 47

Rooms, decoration of, 130, 139.

See also Vestibule, etc.

Round, carving in the, or statuary, 79

Rounding. See Modelling.

Router, the, 9

Rowe, Eleanor, quoted, 42, 112

Rule, “high art,” and wood-carving, 65, 76

Runic ornaments, 26, 137

Sabots, or wooden shoes, for carving, 133

Salamander, a, 138

Salt boxes, 144

Saw table, the, 6, 85

Saws, and their use, 9, 83

Sconces, 151

Scotland, early ornamentation in, 118

Scratch, the, 8

Screens, trellis, 151

Screws, carvers’, 5, 7

Scroll gouge, the, 5

Seaton, General, quoted, 11, 88, 96, 114

Settee, or settle, the, 132

Shaded patterns and modelling, 39

Sharpening tools, 11, 12

Shelf-boards, 144

Shelves and brackets, 144

Shields, in ornament, 150

Shiners, or bosses, 102

Shrines or Reliquaries (boxes), 136

Sideboards, 148

Side-cut, the. See Sweep-cut.

Skew-chisels, 4

Slip-holder, 12

Slips, for sharpening tools, 12

Snibs, or dogs, 8

Soda as a dye for wood, 111

Sofa-backs, false, 139

Söhnee Frères, their varnish, 113

Spaces, filling, 139, 150, 151

Spade chisel, the, 10

Spade gouge, the, 10

Splintering of wood, 36, 44, 51, 105

See also Wood.

Spoons, carved, 137

Spot-cutting, 118

Spray, use of the, in preserving decayed objects, 107

Squeezes, and “taking a squeeze,” 107, 115

Staining wood, 110

Staircase balusters, carving, 142

Stamping, or indenting, 2, 15.

See also Diaper.

Statuary. See Round, carving in the.

Staves, or alpenstocks, carved, 136

Stephens’ stains for wood, 111

Stools, 155.

See also Foot-stool.

Strap, the, 13

Sunk carving. See Intaglio.

Sweden, ornament in, 154;

spot cutting there, 118

Sweep-cut, the, 37, 49, 53, 55

Swiss dye for wood, 112

Swiss work, 59, 96

Tables, 150

Tankards, carving, 98, 134

Tannhäuser bracket, 145

Tea as a dye, 111

Tiles, 129

Tool, the, art of turning it about, 35, 37, 46

Tools, 1, 3, 82, 150;

sharpening, 11, 12

Tracer, the, 15, 16

Trays, carving, 143;

for cigar ashes, 127

Trellis-screens, 151

Triptych, 150

Tympanum, 151

Umber stain for wood, 112

Umbrella-handles, 134

Under-cutting, 57

V or parting tool, the, 11, 13, 28, 35, 37.

See also Parting tool.

Varnish and carving, 91, 113.

See also Polishing, etc.

Veiners, 5

Venetian finger painting, 113

Venice, wood-carving at, 66

Verge or barge-board, 151

Vestibule, ornamenting a, 142

Violin and guitar cases, 145

Wainscots, etc., carving for, 74

Walnut wood, treatment of, 110

Waste-paper boxes, carving, 98, 146

Wasting, or chipping, 42

Wax, for moulds, 107, 115, 116;

as a polish for wood, 111

Window gardens, 129

Wood, for carving, 14, 36, 88, 106 (see also Grain, Oak, Splintering, Walnut, etc.);

colouring and staining, 110;

decayed, treatment of, 106;

imitation of, 106, 108;

oiling, 66

Workman, the, and the artist in wood-carving, 82

Wreaths, in ornament, 151, 152

Zigzag ornament, the Swiss, 96

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