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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... contained 6,500 members. In the United Kingdom there were about 70,000 to 80,000 cabinetmakers, only 15 percent, of whom were in the union. In London there were between 20,000 and 25,000 engaged in the trade, and there were under 3,000 in the union; this was owing to the apathy of the workmen. There were 68 branches, 60 of which were in England, five in Scotland, and three in Ireland. They had three scales of subscription to the society; in the highest scale when a man got 35s. a week he paid 7d. a week, if 30s. he paid 6d., and under 30s., 5d. If the men were thrown out of work because of a dispute with the employer they were paid 14s. a week; sick pay was an additional benefit for which the men paid 2d. a week extra and received 12s. a week when ill. In event of death 3 to y 10s. was allowed. As a rule the members of ihe association were employed in large shops where cabinetmaking was done on a large scale. A master cabinetmaker did not keep a shop as a rule. The West-end firms who represented themselves as cabinetmakers never had a factory. The Chairman.--What is the reason why Chippendale and Sheraton and old work of that description is so highly valued? Is there not as good furniture made to-day?--To a great extent the old firms are dying out and instead of manufacturing the work themselves they buy it in. I do not think cabinet work in England is as good now as it was formerly; the men do not have sufficient time given them. There is a vast deal of furniture manufactured in imitation of the old furniture, is there not?--That is done without a doubt, but it does not form a large proportion of the cabinetmaking trade. That work is made in London as a rule and not imported from the Continent. I believe there are as good...



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  • ISBN-13: 9781235882357
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 380
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235882357
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 676 gr


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