Series editors' preface - Wood Tools

century. In between these examples there is a
wide variety of combinations and styles
enriched with all forms of turned, carved and
applied ornament. It seems that there is, or
has been at some time, a separate table for
almost all human activities and situations.
These include card, games, tea, occasional,
sutherland, pembroke, sofa and night tables,
side, reading and writing and artists’ and
library tables, refectory, gateleg, single and
multi-pedestal dining tables and others such as
fantastically carved and gilded pier or console
tables which have sometimes been supporting
weights of many hundreds of pounds of
marble for two hundred years or more. Table
tops are often warped or split and flaps are
often prevented from hanging properly
because of misalignment due to shrinkage
between the framing and the joints in the top.
Legs and feet are vulnerable to leverage forces
from kicking and dragging over floors and to
contact with floor cleaning materials.
This chapter has indicated some of the ways
in which furniture and wooden objects deteriorate
through a combination of issues of
material, structure environment and usage.
Practical methods of treatment of these
problems are discussed in Part 4. Further information
on the care and preservation of furniture
and woodwork can be found in Guldbeck
and MacLeish (1985), McGiffin (1992),
Richardson (1993), Sandwith and Stainton
(1993) and Williams (1988).
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