Author: Albert SackPublisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Rev. ed. of: The new fine points of furniture.1993.
Fine Points of Furniture
Author: Albert SackPublisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Rev. ed. of: The new fine points of furniture.1993.
Building 18th Century American Furniture
Author: Glen HueyPublisher: Popular Woodworking Books
ISBN: 9781440305542
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
FURNITURE FOR THE GENERATIONS As a woodworker, you've no doubt admired examples of classic furniture. You know, the stuff that makes you go, "Wow! I wish I could build that." Now you can. Glen Huey, senior editor at Popular Woodworking magazine, takes you through each and every step of how to build 18th-Century furniture. And when you're done, the projects will last for generations. Complete plans, cutting lists and step-by-step photos with captions are included with each project. Here are some of the furniture pieces you will learn how to build: Massachusetts Block-Front Chest Pennsylvania Chest-on-Chest Chippendale Entertainment Center New England Chest & Bookcase Townsend Newport High Chest Federal Inlaid Table Shaker Small Chest of Drawers Massachusetts High Chest (highboy)
Carving 18th Century American Furniture Elements
Author: Tony KubalakPublisher: Linden Publishing
ISBN: 9781933502328
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Fine 18th Century American Furniture
Author: American Furniture and Decoration Colonial and Federal
Author: Edward Stratton HollowayPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447496868
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
American Furniture & Decoration Colonial & Federal is Edward Stratton Holloway's illustrated manual on Colonial and Federal furniture and decoration, it was first published in 1928. Holloway was born in Ashland, Greene County, New York in 1859. He attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 18881 and 1905 and then went on to work as art director for the publisher J. B. Lippincott Co. for 46 years where he wrote a number of books on interior design and antique furniture.
Eighteenth Century American Furniture
Author: Parke-Bernet GalleriesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
American Furniture of the 18th Century
Author: Jeffrey P. GreenePublisher: Taunton
ISBN: 9781561581047
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The history and construction of 18th century American furniture is examined in this critical evaluation that looks at the topic both from an aesthetic and technical point of view
English Sources of 18th Century American Furniture Design
Author: Art & Industry in Early America
Author: Patricia E. KanePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300217846
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
This book presents new information on the export trade, patronage, artistic collaboration, and the small-scale shop traditions that defined early Rhode Island craftsmanship. This stunning volume features more than 200 illustrations of beautifully constructed and carved objects—including chairs, high chests, bureau tables, and clocks—that demonstrate the superb workmanship and artistic skill of the state’s furniture makers.
Author: Parke-Bernet Galleries