Not popular in factory furniture, the mortise and tenon joinery used in our Craftsman furniture achieves lasting results. This method creates a very strong joint and prevents the tenons from coming loose.
The Mortise-and-Tenon is one of the best joints for building furniture because of its superior strength. Its primary function in Craftsman furniture is to join the major frame of each piece (legs to rails, slats to rails, and stretchers to rails). A variety of mortise-and tenon joints exist in furniture, including keyed, doweled, blind, and doweled through. Each variation uses the basic mortise-and-tenon form.
