Such a technique has strict limitations if it is employed with solid timber. Not only is it impossible to get many pieces of great thickness with matching grain, but the english antique sideboard practical difficulties of setting them together, edge-to-edge, are very considerable. They need to be set up as a panel within a frame, [...]

DRESSERS  drawers under, no superstructure
A dramatic piece with the moulded three-drawer form we saw in the previous section plus two extra cupboards below. The heavy top moulding, the geometric moulding on the cushion-shaped drawer fronts and the applied split baluster pieces on the cleverly arranged centre panel suggest an early date. c. 1680
A typical dresser [...]