In the final part of this series we will be looking at the modern history of the grandfather clock.
Initially the clock makers were constructing the cases, but their joinery skills weren’t up to much, so joiners were soon employed to design and build these. As such, ornamental cases soon became available. These [...]
In part two of this three part blog post series we will be looking at the pendulum and its role in how grandfather clocks became the size and shape that they are.
Galileo first discovered that a pendulum could be used to keep time. But it took Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens to actually make the [...]
In this three part blog series we will be looking into the history of the grandfather clock and its development, both functionally and as pieces of high class furniture.
This, the first part, looks at the grandfather clock’s invention and early progressions in the technology that made such a large item into a practical timepiece.
The [...]
In America, the furniture of the 17th century was plain, rugged and home-made. The design followed the Elizabethan and Jacobean styles of the English furniture with which the Colonists were familiar before going to America. However, it still has a distinctive character of its own.
Specific types of furniture that fitted the needs of the [...]
Last night I decided that I was going to sit down and write a short post on the mortis and tenon style joint, as used in wooden furniture but whilst trawling the net to verify some of my facts I came across an article that said just about everything I was going to say (plus [...]