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Time2Design

Some of the earliest known examples of the dovetail joint are in furniture entombed with mummies dating from First Dynasty of ancient Egypt, as well the tombs of Chinese emperors. tile and stone. The dovetail joint probably pre-dates written history. In Europe the dovetail joint is also called a swallow-tail joint or a fantail joint.

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