Glossary of Terms,
Antique Furniture
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Quadrant:
A quarter circle shaped piece of metal used to support drop fronts.
Quartered:
Method of cutting the log into four quarters through the center, and then into
parallel boards in order to produce a grain having a cross section of the rays.
Quatrefoil:
Gothic form made from the conventionalized four-leaf clover, the four
intersecting curves being enclosed in a circular shape.
Quirk:
Narrow groove molding, a sunken fillet or channel.
