Download or read book Making Classic Chairs written by Ron Clarkson and published by Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1997 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Classic Chairs is a title by Fox Chapel Publishing

Download or read book Building Chairs written by Time-Life Books and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, is a guide on how to build chairs out of wood, and also a step-by-step instruction manual.

Download or read book Making Classic Country Chairs written by David Bryant and published by . This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Projects include: round-top stool, Windsor scroll-back chair, Windsor bamboo armchair, two-row spindle-back chair, Macclesfield bar-top chair, wavy line ladder-back chair, East Anglia hollow-seat armchair, hollow-seat stool, New England child's chair, Shaker side chair, Shaker rocking chair, platform rocking chair, West Midlands corner chair, Morris armchair.

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 Welsh Stick Chairs written by John Brown and published by . This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides an insight into the history of Welsh stick chairs and includes instructions on how to make a chair, covering methods of bending the wood for chair construction. Illustrations show each stage in the building process.

Download or read book The Stick Chair Book written by Christopher Schwarz and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 Modern Chair written by Clement Meadmore and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this profusely illustrated study, a noted furniture designer brings together more than 40 examples of chairs that combine practicality and elegance to transcend the confines of period and fashion. Featured are such modern "classics" as Thonet's Bentwood armchair, Breuer's Wassily chair, van der Rohe's Barcelone chair, and many more. Each chair is described in detail with the aid of photographs, Mr. Meadmore's own explanatory drawings and some reproductions of the original designer's plans. The author also explores the ways in which the designers approached and solved inherent problems of function and aesthetics. The scale drawings in this book are all one-eighth of full size, allowing easy assessment of dimensions and visual comparison of size and proportion. Many of these chairs are housed in museum collections; others are still being produced today. Now, this inexpensive edition of The Modern Chair enables students of furniture and any interested reader to make a thorough study of the most important chairs of modern times.

Download or read book Make a Chair from a Tree written by Jennie Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Make a Windsor Chair with Michael Dunbar written by Michael Dunbar and published by Taunton. This book was released on 1984 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplies detailed instructions on making the turned legs, spindled back, and contour seat of two styles of Windsor chairs

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 Rustic Furniture Basics written by Doug Stowe and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's an opportunity to create something truly unique by using woodworking techniques that are as "green" as it gets. By collecting branches and logs, recycled lumber, or scavenged wood from old buildings, you can build rustic furniture with a distinctive look -- and a primitive, earthy charm. But before you get started, you'll need the guidance of a seasoned furniture maker. And it's all here for you in Rustic Furniture Basics -- from professional woodworker, teacher and author Doug Stowe. An ideal guide for beginners, this valuable reference includes 10 diverse projects designed to teach you all the basic techniques you'll need to make a wide range of rustic furniture. Here are a few of the projects you'll find. Rustic white oak chest Western cedar tables Rustic chair Slab-top coffee table By following step-by-step instructions with detailed graphics, you'll learn every procedure -- traditional joinery, cutting round mortises and tenons, weaving twigs, making a webbed seat, and much more. In searching for the natural materials to complete each project, you'll discover a process that challenges your imagination in a new and satisfying way -- as you tap into your own powers of ingenuity. And by using basic hand tools and low-tech procedures, you'll revisit some of the simple pleasures that earlier generations of craftsmen enjoyed. If you've got a cabin in the woods or a country hideaway in need of just the right pieces to suit its rustic character, here's the book you need to make it happen.

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 Windsor Chairmaking written by James Mursell and published by Crowood Press (UK). This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Windsor chairs are a beautiful and traditional feature in any home. Celebrate their history, and learn their heritage. Both novice and experienced woodworkers can learn how to make a Windsor chair that is both functional and beautifully shaped.

Download or read book Chairmaking and Design written by Jeff Miller and published by Stobart Davies. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning designer and builder demonstrates the key design elements behind all chairs and provides jig designs for simple construction.

Download or read book 50 Chairs written by Mel Byars and published by Watson-Guptill Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there are a vast number of books which illustrate contemporary design, almost none shows how they are made or the details of the technology and materials employed. On the contrary, 50 Chairs: Innovations in Design and Materials reveals an amazing collection of machines for seating. Exploded drawings are accompanied by factory-location photographs, many taken especially for this book.

Download or read book 500 Chairs written by Ray Hemachandra and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rustic or refined, traditional or whimsical, functional or just plain fun, these imaginative thrones, rockers and chaises have one thing in common; more than merely places to sit, they are sculptural works of art. The work of today's top furniture artists, will charm, provoke and inspire you and make you rethink the very meaning of 'chair'.