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Dining
Sliding by the Light 4k
My apologies to both Steve Miller and George Lucas. lol
I’ve decided that I have no legitimate use for a table that can be extended beyond six feet, so I decided that I was gong to remove the Watertown Slide from the table and permanently lock the front of the table to the back half along with the rear leg and rail section which is ordinarilly kept in position by how the table slide connected these three sub-assembles together. So I got out out my collection of corner brackets and fixing plates, along with a squirt or three of glue and clamped it up for 24 hours and everything bonded quite well and at this point, I should expect to never hear it creak or squeak again.
All of that said, the slide assembly still has my keen interest because once it was removed, I took notice of how this thing might serve as a very neat and unique tail vise assembly for my work bench. Much of it looks to be workable and mountable without too much drama beyond finding an appropriate vise screw kit to mate the front and back ends together or apart, and be able to grip a wide variety of material shapes and sizes. But the screw kit will have to wait a bit till I can acquire that bit of it.
One of the things that gave rise to this idea of mine was when looking at a decently sturdy lab jack I have in use on my electronics corner of the room. This is one of those funky scissor lift designs which can adjust from a height of 12 inches down to its ground position at 3 inches tall. One long screw travels between both legs assemblies via threaded holes in the support cross-members which either scissor in or away from each other, depending on which way the screw is turned by a handy oversized turning knob. So I mentioned all that because I then was looking at some tail vise screw kits for under bench mount, and one of those designs I saw made use of a scissor assembly with the vise screw running in line and paralel with the scissor but not intersecting with it. This was to aid in gripping different shapes like our opposable thumbs do for us, but in a far more restricted sphere of reliable grip…unless the vise face boards are made concave, as our palms often find steady employment, making a cupping shape and grip. So I mentioned that bit just now to explain how two independently resizable "serving arms" used as a the table vise’s scissor benefits of only requiring a single screw to work the vise action which can now also grasp irregular shapes and act in that cupping motion. But the one advantage my crazy idea can offer, (assuming I can find a 6 foot long vise screw; highly unlikely, )I could then have a tail vise that extends out to about four and a half feet, with a minimum 3 x 3 inch sold oak exterior front board which will give a working width of about 16 inches. So anything from a toothpick up to pro sized WWF wrestler could conceivable be placed between the design’s front to back ends. I’m pretty sure said wrestler will foil my evil plans and have me locked into it while he laughs at my feeble-t. .
As for the claw-foot desk/utility table, I’m going to still make use of the two table top Mahogany veneered 3/4" solid spruce core sections by building a small riser to crate some additional storage space between them and also get the total height of the table up a bit higher to make sawing a bit less of a strain on my back…or, this higher height design, might also work as an oddball stand up computer desk, which seems to be all the rage these days. I’ll have some pics up of all that plan/idea in the near future.
The 2 pictures posted here are the same shot with some different post processing on each one. The bluer background gives a hint as to the original camera position within my man-cave which is quickly becoming over-crowded from all the gear that having multiple hobbies and interests will consume in square footage and money! 🙂
Cheers! 🙂
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Thorne Rooms at KMA, English Dining Room (detail)
English Dining Room, late 18th century
All the furniture in this room was copied from 18th century Thomas Chippendale furniture in British museums. Chippendale, England’s most celebrated cabinet and furniture maker developed a style called chinoiserie based on imported Chinese luxury goods. Those goods included porcelain, silk, lacquered cabinets, and hand painted wallpapers entering England on British trading ships. Straight legs, pagoda tops, and fretwork trim as seen in the curio cabinet and hanging shelves characterized this style. During this period of intense trade with China, tea drinking became popular in England. Indian tea had been in England since the 17th century, but the importation of Chinese teacups and saucers popularized the art of tea in England.
The Knoxville Museum of Art’s Thorne Rooms are among America’s most well-known miniature diorama groups. The Thorne Rooms were developed in the 1930s and 40s by Mrs. James Ward Thorne, Chicago, IL, who loved dollhouses as a child. After extensive travels in Europe where she collected miniature furniture and accessories, Mrs. Thorne had over two dozen miniature rooms created by cabinetmakers from her own drawings. They were made in a scale of one inch to one foot. She painted and stained woodwork, papered walls, and made textiles for the rooms. The rooms were displayed in several World’s Fairs. In 1933–1934 they were displayed at Chicago’s Century of Progress Exposition. In 1939 they traveled to San Francisco’s Golden Gate International Exposition, and in 1940 they were displayed at the New York World’s Fair.
Later, Mrs. Thorne created 29 more rooms, copying Europe’s castles, museums, and historic homes. She commissioned architects to create historically accurate settings and had textiles and carpets made by the Needlework Guild of Chicago. The rooms, tracing English and French style 1500–1920, were exhibited in 1937 at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1942 Mrs. Thorne gave a third and final group of Thorne Rooms to the Art Institute. Those 37 rooms offered a view of American History, 1675–1940.
In 1962, IBM, which had purchased 29 rooms, gave nine of the original Thorne Rooms to Knoxville’s Dulin Gallery of Art, this museum’s predecessor. Our rooms contain many of the miniature objects Mrs. Thorne collected during her youth and on her travels. The Knoxville Museum of Art is one of five museums in the country to have a collection of Thorne Rooms.
The restoration of the Thorne Rooms has been made possible by the generous support of Sherri Lee, in honor of Mrs. McAfee Lee.
Posted by Knoxville Museum of Art on 2009-04-20 18:31:03
Tagged: , Thorne Rooms , KMA , Knoxville , Museum , Art , Knoxville Museum of Art , miniature , diorama , dollhouse , miniature rooms , James Ward Thorne
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Thorne Rooms at KMA, Federal Dining Room
Federal Dining Room, c. 1810
In 1748 the ruins of Pompeii were fully excavated, accelerating a classical revival in art and architecture. This room reflects America’s Federal Style Period of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The hand painted wallpaper’s Greek and Roman ruins help characterize the style. Scottish born American furniture maker Duncan Phyfe was the principal designer of the Federal Style. After moving to New York City in 1792, Phyfe’s skills led to such a demand for his products that he eventually employed over 100 carvers and cabinetmakers to make furniture for America’s wealthy elite. He introduced factory practice to furniture making. All the furniture in this room is a copy of Duncan Phyfe design. The mantel is a replica of a design by Boston architect Charles Bullfinch.
The Knoxville Museum of Art’s Thorne Rooms are among America’s most well-known miniature diorama groups. The Thorne Rooms were developed in the 1930s and 40s by Mrs. James Ward Thorne, Chicago, IL, who loved dollhouses as a child. After extensive travels in Europe where she collected miniature furniture and accessories, Mrs. Thorne had over two dozen miniature rooms created by cabinetmakers from her own drawings. They were made in a scale of one inch to one foot. She painted and stained woodwork, papered walls, and made textiles for the rooms. The rooms were displayed in several World’s Fairs. In 1933–1934 they were displayed at Chicago’s Century of Progress Exposition. In 1939 they traveled to San Francisco’s Golden Gate International Exposition, and in 1940 they were displayed at the New York World’s Fair.
Later, Mrs. Thorne created 29 more rooms, copying Europe’s castles, museums, and historic homes. She commissioned architects to create historically accurate settings and had textiles and carpets made by the Needlework Guild of Chicago. The rooms, tracing English and French style 1500–1920, were exhibited in 1937 at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1942 Mrs. Thorne gave a third and final group of Thorne Rooms to the Art Institute. Those 37 rooms offered a view of American History, 1675–1940.
In 1962, IBM, which had purchased 29 rooms, gave nine of the original Thorne Rooms to Knoxville’s Dulin Gallery of Art, this museum’s predecessor. Our rooms contain many of the miniature objects Mrs. Thorne collected during her youth and on her travels. The Knoxville Museum of Art is one of five museums in the country to have a collection of Thorne Rooms.
The restoration of the Thorne Rooms has been made possible by the generous support of Sherri Lee, in honor of Mrs. McAfee Lee.
Posted by Knoxville Museum of Art on 2009-04-20 18:35:30
Tagged: , Thorne Rooms , KMA , Knoxville , Museum , Art , Knoxville Museum of Art , miniature , diorama , dollhouse , miniature rooms , James Ward Thorne