---
title: "Archive"
url: https://mainecottagefurniture.com/archive
description: "The complete plate index of Maine Cottage Furniture Journal, grouped by discipline: Colour, Finish, Form and Textiles."
---

# Archive

Every plate filed by this publication, grouped by discipline and listed in plate order.

## Colour

| Plate | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | [Colour families of painted cottage furniture](https://mainecottagefurniture.com/colour-families) | Sixteen flat colours grouped into the four families a painted room tends to draw on. |
| 07 | [How painted cottage furniture got its colour](https://mainecottagefurniture.com/how-cottage-furniture-got-its-colour) | Colour on furniture followed the paint trade, not the cabinet trade. |

## Finish

| Plate | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | [Paint and finish layers](https://mainecottagefurniture.com/paint-and-finish-layers) | A section through a painted panel, from bare timber to the layer that takes the wear. |
| 03 | [How painted surfaces wear](https://mainecottagefurniture.com/painted-surface-wear) | Edges, handles and seat fronts lose their film long before flat panels do. |

## Form

| Plate | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 05 | [Wicker and rattan forms](https://mainecottagefurniture.com/wicker-and-rattan-forms) | Three weave densities at one scale, and what each does to a painted seat. |
| 06 | [Case-goods proportions](https://mainecottagefurniture.com/case-goods-proportions) | A bed and a chest measured against one wall run, footprints drawn beneath. |
| 08 | [Reading a furniture joint](https://mainecottagefurniture.com/reading-a-furniture-joint) | Three joints, and what each tells you about how a piece was put together. |

## Textiles

| Plate | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 04 | [Textiles and slipcovers](https://mainecottagefurniture.com/textiles-and-slipcovers) | How loose covers sit against a painted frame, and where the seam line falls. |