I said something a while ago about taking pictures of some of the dovetails on my parents' furniture to counter the idea that many dovetails are sloppier than what beginners make. So, here's some pictures.
You can tell that most of these were done at speed (of course, they were a commodity item), but there are things that beginners could take from the in proportions, and especially in drawer thickness (none of these are fat 3/4" thick drawer sides) and wood selection (well from some of them - at least a couple are quartered, but others are not).
Some of this furniture was in the house when I was growing up, but some wasn't - a lot of our furniture came from a relative who had a furniture store, so we had a lot of bland pennsylvania house branded type stuff that was made of solid wood, but very boring rounded over queen anne style stuff.
I don't get into furniture, so I don't know which if these things qualify as candle stands or end tables or side tables or whatever else.
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One of the tails is broken here. The stand these are in looks like this:
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And another small stand in another room (check out the repair on the front):
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