StarGazer
Established Member
There is a well understood technical development of timber frame roofs for large buildings (tie beams, hammer beam, kingpost etc) being limited by the available size of timber and the cutting edge of wooden structure technology.
Does anyone know of a similar progression for wooden joint (eg lap, mortice and tenon, dovetail) historical development. Any good books or references?
For example anglo-saxon and viking age woodworking was well decorated with carving but structurally very simple (lap joints), did the mortice and tenon come to the UK with the Normans who introduced so many other modern building techniques? When did dovetail joints start appearing in furniture?
cheers
StarGazer
Does anyone know of a similar progression for wooden joint (eg lap, mortice and tenon, dovetail) historical development. Any good books or references?
For example anglo-saxon and viking age woodworking was well decorated with carving but structurally very simple (lap joints), did the mortice and tenon come to the UK with the Normans who introduced so many other modern building techniques? When did dovetail joints start appearing in furniture?
cheers
StarGazer