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| September 01, 2004 | Gould, Alan | COPYRIGHT 2004 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

TODAY I WENT to the house of J to practise with the "Shieldmaidens" troupe in their Nordic costumes for our Icelandic gig at the Folk Fest. At a moment when the ladies were rehearsing on their own, J showed me his workshop and the furniture he had made.

He is a fair, gaunt man of Norwegian extraction, an international lawyer I think, and has a careful, courteous manner. His inlaid round table, his winter chest made from camphor wood, and the several violins that hang on his walls, are masterpieces of painstaking craft. In particular the joinery used for the inlaid table is quietly beautiful. It makes use of the Japanese mortice and tenon joint which is an elaborate and exacting piece of carpentry, involving a ...

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