cabriolet legs

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blackkeel

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27/04/2006 8:54 am

can anyone provide design proportions for queen anne cabriolet legs or a suggested source. thank you

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James Collins

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27/04/2006 10:49 am

cabriole not cabriolet
A cabriolet is a light 2-wheeled one-horse carriage (or a convertable), You want to search on cabriole.

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SDR

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27/04/2006 10:54 am

[That's
"cabriole"; a cabriolet is a vehicle with a folding top. The root is a French word meaning a leap, or caper. . .]
I don't have a source for what you seek, I'm afraid.

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02/05/2006 9:52 am

There isn't a specific dimension
You can make them as long or short, fat or skinny as you want.

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wazi

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03/05/2006 6:14 am

link
Maybe this link will help you. You might be able to contact those mo-foes
http://www.westernwoodturners.com.au/cabriole.html

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SDR

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03/05/2006 7:10 am

My thoughts
about the cabriole leg, over time:
1) Definitely NOT Modern !
2) Seems to have been produced in a surprising variety of forms and variations
3) Difficult to make
4) Perhaps the most biologically-suggestive shape in all of the history of furniture design
5) Any diligent designer might successfully draw a cabriole leg, paying attention to overall composition, balance between parts of the whole, and strict attention to the "fairing" of curves, both positive and negative

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