Emyl Jenkins' Reproduction Furniture


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Emyl Jenkins provides the first accessible, user-friendly source of information on Reproduction furniture: how, when, where, and by whom these beautiful pieces were made. Includes a directory of museums and restorations where Reproduction furniture can be seen, and a listing of cabinetmakers who are currently creating handmade Reproduction furniture. Illustrations.




Reproducing Antique Furniture


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This book introduces the fundamentals of cabinetmaking and woodworking and provides advice on selecting hardware, finishing and other aspects of the craft. Includes forty classic projects with instructions and measured drawings.




Making Antique Furniture Reproductions


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Superb, step-by-step guide enables even beginners to build heirloom pieces by Hepplewhite, Chippendale, Phyfe, and other masters. Detailed, precise construction drawings, measurements. Full instructions. Over 500 illustrations.




Windsor Chairs


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100 different types of Windsor chairs and other furniture. Full-page photos of side chairs, armchairs, comb-backs, writing-arm chairs, babies' high-backs and low chairs, settees, love seats, stools, and tables. Informative text.




Hoosier Cabinets


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Medieval & Renaissance Furniture


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36 projects for historic benches, chairs, tables, cupboards, chests, shelves, beds, and doors, all done with simple woodworking tools.




Glen Huey's Illustrated Guide to Building Period Furniture


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Build the Classic Furniture of Your Dreams If you're a woodworker, it's a good bet that you have admired certain examples of classic furniture. What furniture maker hasn't entertained the thought of building a tall clock, a chest-on-chest, or a secretary? Who hasn't stood in front of a highboy or a blockfront chest and thought, "I wish I could build that!" Well now you can! In this book and DVD, you'll find five exquisite examples of classic American furniture that you'll be able to call your own. These beautiful pieces incorporate time-honored joinery, graceful proportions, and eye-catching details. And there's no need to feel daunted by the challenge of making them. Hundreds of photographs take you through the building steps, while carefully rendered drawings and cutlists take the mystery and math out of the work. The accompanying DVD - a treasure trove in itself - includes full-size plans and in-depth instruction on shaping cabriole legs, mitering sticking, and other techniques you'll be able to add to your arsenal of skills.




Carving 18th Century American Furniture Elements


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Presenting 10 projects -- from shaping the surface through layout to rough carving and detailed carving -- this guide explains the process of carving authentic motifs found on the most treasured pieces of 18th-century American furniture. Written with a two-pronged approach, the book first emphasises that these are learned skills and offers guidance while, secondly, providing all the complex details that serious carvers need to reproduce each element with confidence. Selected for their importance and popularity on museum-quality pieces, projects include the cabriole leg, Philadelphia-style ball and claw foot, carved foliage on knee, Philadelphia rosette, and Newport flame finial, among others.




Queen Anne Furniture


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Measured Drawings for 18 classic pieces.




Limbert Arts and Crafts Furniture


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Fine reproduction of rare catalog depicting 188 pieces of Mission-style furniture: fold-down tables and desks, bookcases with leaded glass doors, library and octagonal tables, chairs, settees, more. Descriptive captions.