Glossary O
Ogee
Ogee: Same as ogee, same as cyma recta recta, An S shape, made by making one cut that produces two identical pieces; or alternatively, A molding with an S-shaped curve formed by the union of a concave and convex line; that is, a cyma recta or cyma reversa.
The accounts for the James II Block at Whitehall provided for, 'O.G. [ogee] Moldings'
round the outside edge of all the new sash-windows (1686/7). Source: British Library, Add. MSS 33442, fols 2, 61, 63, as cited by Hentie Louw and Robert Crayford, "A Constructional History of the Sash-Window, c. 1670-c. 1725 (Part 2):, Architectural History 42 1999, page 219. |
The distinguishing characteristics of WilÂliam-and-Mary furniture are the ogeed and flat arched aprons, the straight cup-turned legs, and the curved stretchers. These features are all illustrated in the walnut high-boy.
Source: Burl N. Osburn and Bernice B. Osburn, Measured Drawings of
Early American Furniture Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1926,
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Sources: Burl N. Osburn and Bernice B. Osburn, Measured Drawings of Early American Furniture Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1926, Hentie Louw and Robert Crayford, "A Constructional History of the Sash-Window, c. 1670-c. 1725 (Part 2):, Architectural History 42 1999,; Philip Leon, "Woodworker Meets Wordworker," Popular Woodworking April 2002, p. ? ("Out of the Woodwork" column)
Outfeed
The portion of a tool's table top, after the cutter --
Tablesaw, Shaper, Router Table --where a machined workpiece is removed, following operation.
Outside Curves
A specialty of the Bandsaw
