On 7/8/2012 12:49 PM, Swingman wrote:
On 7/8/2012 11:24 AM, Tom wrote:

The panel in question is in a rail and stile frame. It's about 32 X 15
in a frame that's about 36 X 22. The frame is held together by through
tenons.

Posting some pics to a.b.p.w

Any thoughts?

Hmmmm ... where are the "through tenons"?

Got an opportunity to download two of the photos and can faintly make
out what appears to be, judging from its position, possibly an angled
spline?

The only one I can see, if that is what I'm seeing, appears to be the
wrong place with regard to the joint to be a "through tenon", but is
also in a location that would rule it out as decorative, therefore it
could indeed be a method to reinforce a miter joint?

Is this piece Asian? Saw a lot of carvings like that in Hong Kong years
ago, and the joinery is not necessarily what we would see in a European
piece.

If there is one in each corner, than all previous bets about getting the
frame apart are off.

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