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Quadrant drawer: A quarter-round drawer, usually found in the frieze of a desk or table, pivoted such that it swings out to open.

Quadrant hinge: A hinge, often used at the top and bottom of a cabinet door, with two long arms rotating on a short pintle. It occurs in a similar form on (for instance) a card table flap or on a fall-front.

Quadrant stay: A sliding piece of metal of quarter circle circumference, used to support a fall-front or secretaire drawer, where it would be impossible or inappropriate to use a loper. It's also used to support adjustable chair-backs.

Quartering: A veneering technique, found particularly on early C18th walnut furniture, in which four essentially identical and usually highly-figured sheets of veneer are laid opposite to each other, thereby producing a symmetrical and mirrored design. The pieces are made (effectively) identical by cutting them sequentially from the same piece of wood.

Quarter veneered: See Quartering.

Quarter-sawn: The method by which a log is cut to achieve maximum grain figuring and stability. This is done by cutting it radially, or across the grain.

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