Download or read book How To Build Shaker Furniture written by Tom Moser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shakers produced many incredible furniture objects that we continue to venerate today. For the woodworker the fascination is often rooted in the essential simplicity of the work. Interest in Shaker design is as strong today as it was when the first edition of this book was published in 1977, possibly stronger. This ongoing interest is the direct result of the inherent beauty of Shaker design—beauty that stems not only from form, but from superb workmanship, a commitment to utility and a total understanding of material.
Download or read book Making Authentic Shaker Furniture written by John G. Shea and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 250 photographs and measured drawings for over 80 classic Shaker designs: cradle, dry sink, trestle table, lap desk, rocking chair, many more. 262 halftones. 140 black-and-white line illustrations.
Download or read book How to Build Shaker Furniture written by Thomas Moser and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete instructions for building your own beautifully simple Shaker-style benches, desks, chairs, cupboards, and much more. More than 350 photos and measured drawings. “Moser’s discussion of the building process is unparalleled.” —Popular Woodworking.
Download or read book How to Build Shaker Furniture written by Thomas Moser and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware written by Ejner Handberg and published by Countryman Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully detailed, time-tested guides to building Shaker furniture and woodenware.
Download or read book The Book of Shaker Furniture written by John Kassay and published by Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, amply illustrated guide illustrates the simple, functional furniture style developed during the Shaker movement--a successful experiment in communitarian living--and traces its evolution from the Colonial styles of New York and New England
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Furniture Making written by Ernest Joyce and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 1987 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated reference guide to furniture making, including material characteristics and properties, necessary equipment, techniques, and tips on component construction, veneering, marquetry and inlaying.
Download or read book Shaker Inspirations written by Christian Becksvoort and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shaker Design written by June Sprigg and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1986 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having lived and worked with surviving Shakers of Maine and New Hampshire, June Sprigg has drawn objects from forty collections to celebrate the Shaker tradition.
Download or read book The Shaker Legacy written by Christian Becksvoort and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a photo gallery of 150 Shaker pieces, many seen here for the first time.
Download or read book The Shaker Chair written by Charles R. Muller and published by Schiffer Classic Reference Boo. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clearly a labor of love and a definitive reference. The attribution of chairs as Shaker and the association of a chair with a particular community is based on the authors' consideration of oral tradition, provenance, place of discovery, visual examination, evaluation of design features, historic photographs, and information found in written sources. Abundantly illustrated with carefully chosen photos and purposeful drawings. 9x12" Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Measured Shop Drawings for American Furniture written by Thomas Moser and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 1985 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meticulously labelled working plans for tables and desks, chests and cabinets, beds and headboards from famous Moser's Workshop. More than 500 photos and diagrams made to scale with construction tips.
Download or read book Shaker style Wood Projects written by Robert Sonday and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1997 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four of America's most acclaimed designers contribute 30 examples of their Shaker-style woodwork for you to make yourself. Each project comes with pattern drawings, detailed directions, and inspiring photography. Decorate your home with a coatrack, drop-leaf table, corner cupboard, oval boxes, and a traditional rocking chair with ladder back and finials. These items all exemplify the harmonious spirit of Shaker furniture.
Download or read book Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture Revised Expanded Second Edition written by Robert W. Lang and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing complete shop drawings for 61 classic Stickley furniture pieces, master cabinetmaker Robert W. Lang measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans. With full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists for each Shaker furniture project, this new paperback collection showcases the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic.
Download or read book Chairmaking Simplified written by Kerry Pierce and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-06-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fear of chairmaking is gone! Worried that you don't have what it takes to create stunning and comfortable chairs? From getting the perfect angle to making sure the size is just right and that each chair is comfortable - chairmaking can be a daunting task for any woodworker. But, never fear! Author Kerry Pierce draws upon decades of professional chairmaking experience to provide a handful of simple jigs that take the fear out of chairmaking. This book shows you how to make a variety of styles and types of chairs, from a ladder-back Shaker chair to a continuous-arm Windsor chair. You'll learn how to weave tape and rush seats, carve and shape wooden seats and much more.
Download or read book The Shaker Furniture Handbook written by Timothy D. Rieman and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys furniture made during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Shaker communities of New England, Kentucky, and Ohio, with over 130 color photos. Free-standing tables, chairs, boxes, desks, built-in cupboards, and cases of drawers are included. The text introduces nearly twenty Shaker communities, known cabinetmakers, identifiable furniture traits, and designs unique to specific Shaker communites.
Download or read book Build Your Own Contemporary Furniture written by Popular Woodworking Editors and published by Popular Woodworking Books. This book was released on 2002-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title presents 20 original contemporary furniture projects, hand-picked from America's Popular Woodworking magazine. Each one comes with step-by-step instructions, high-quality diagrams, cuttings lists, colour photographs and detailed, easy-to-follow assembly techniques.
