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Pastimes
For his own
pleasure, during his hours of leisure or after
retirement, a craftsman would often produce a scale
model which summed up all his skill and brought
together all the technical difficulties specific to
his speciality.

The
cabinet-maker produced a final work, as a tour de
force or a challenge, summing up his knowledge and
making one last display of his talent and
skill.
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