cabinetmakers
Skilled furniture builders
Cabinetmakers are skilled woodworkers who build fine furniture, especially cabinets, shelves, and other fitted pieces.
The term distinguishes craftspeople who do detailed joinery and finishing work from carpenters who do rougher construction.
The cabinetmakers produced custom bookcases for the library.
Craft of shaping lumber
- joineryFitting wood pieces together
- dovetailsFits together precisely
- mortiseCarved slot for joining
- tenonProjecting joint piece
handplanes · chisels · marquetry · veneering · inlay · carving · finishing · sanding
Dense deciduous timber
- oakQuercus genus member
- walnutEdible hard-shelled seed
- cherryRed stone fruit
- mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
mahogany · teak · birch · ash · plywood · MDF · particleboard · veneer
Shared seating surface
- workbenchCraftsman's heavy-duty surface
- bandsawLooped-blade cutting machine
- jointerBoard-flattening machine
- planerWood-smoothing machine
router table · dust collection · hand tools · power tools · jigs · fixtures · shop · studio
Freestanding clothes storage furniture
- armoiresTall storage cabinets
- hutchesAnimal enclosures or cabinets
- sideboardsLow dining room cabinets
- credenzasLow dining room cabinets
bookcases · cupboards · dressers · vanities · entertainment centers · display cases · shelving · drawers
Craftsmen's mutual aid societies
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
- ChippendaleEnglish furniture design tradition
- ShakerAustere religious communalist
- bespokeMade to individual specifications
heirloom · antique · restoration · reproduction · heritage · artisan · handmade · custom
woodworking
Craft of shaping lumber
tenon · handplanes · chisels · marquetry · veneering · inlay · carving · finishing · sanding · gluing
hardwood
Dense deciduous timber
maple · mahogany · teak · birch · ash · plywood · MDF · particleboard · veneer · lumber
bench
Shared seating surface
- workbenchCraftsman's heavy-duty surface
- bandsawLooped-blade cutting machine
- jointerBoard-flattening machine
planer · router table · dust collection · hand tools · power tools · jigs · fixtures · shop · studio · apprentice
wardrobes
Freestanding clothes storage furniture
- armoiresTall storage cabinets
- hutchesAnimal enclosures or cabinets
- sideboardsLow dining room cabinets
credenzas · bookcases · cupboards · dressers · vanities · entertainment centers · display cases · shelving · drawers · doors
guilds
Craftsmen's mutual aid societies
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
- ChippendaleEnglish furniture design tradition
- ShakerAustere religious communalist
bespoke · heirloom · antique · restoration · reproduction · heritage · artisan · handmade · custom · commission
- craftspeoplepotter, weaver, blacksmith, artisan, potters
- Custom Furniturecustom work, woodworkers, unique designs, craftsmanship
- craft hobbiesknitting circles, sewing circles, glass artists, calligraphers, bookbinders
- furniture sellers
cabinetmakersframers
Those who construct frames
lumberjacks · construction workers · carpenters · woodcutters · sawyers