Tea table construction question

[Brett Robson]

So I'm planing my next build, a Goddard and Townsend inspired tea table. In looking at some pictures of surviving examples, I've noted the cabriole legs appear to terminate at the knee. The picture attached shows the aprons appear mitered above the knee and not mortised into the leg such as most casework I've seen is.

Anyone have a guess how the leg is attached to the aprons?
tea_table_goddard.jpg

[Dave Richards]

It wouldn't surprise me if the top of the leg is veneered along with the aprons. The sideboard in the current issue of Fine Woodworking is similar although the horizontal pieces (rails, drawer dividers, etc.) are veneered with the grain running vertically which matches the legs on that piece.

[Calvin Hobbs]

Dave has it right. All of the examples were mortise and tenoned. And most were veneered as in the picture. Generally the offcut for the serpentine rail was used as the veneer to keep consistency in grain patterns and color.

Great project, this in on my list to do one day. Cal