Carving 18th-Century American Furniture Motifs
Carving 18th-Century American Furniture Motifs

Author: Tony Kubalak

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2017-01-28

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780764352362

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The carved embellishments found on eighteenth-century American furniture pieces are what make them memorable works of art. This book directs the serious student through nine authentic elements from the colonial period. Each chapter is devoted to one element and provides pattern drawings, detailed instructions, and abundant photographs of every step. Learn how to execute the entire process from sculpting the surface to layout, roughing in the shapes and levels, and finally carving the details. The selected projects are chosen from historically important eighteenth-century furniture and adorned some of the best pieces ever made. Although the book tackles advanced topics, the instruction is logical and complete so that the serious reader, independent of skill, can successfully work through the steps.

Carving 18th Century American Furniture Elements
Carving 18th Century American Furniture Elements

Author: Tony Kubalak

Publisher: Linden Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781933502328

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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.

Building 18th Century American Furniture
Building 18th Century American Furniture

Author: Glen Huey

Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books

Published: 2009-11-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781440305542

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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)

Great Book of Spoon Carving Patterns
Great Book of Spoon Carving Patterns

Author: David Western

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Published: 2021-04-13

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1607658801

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· Learn the traditional language of carving lovespoons · Details the symbolic meaning of 75 wooden lovespoon designs, from asking someone on a first date and courting spoons to wedding spoons and more · Features 5 distinctive bowl patterns and 75 original handle patterns for hundreds of customizable, mix-and-match design opportunities to express your one-of-a-kind love · David Western is a lovespoon expert and the author of Fine Art of Carving Lovespoons and History of Lovespoons

Fine Points of Furniture
Fine Points of Furniture

Author: Albert Sack

Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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Rev. ed. of: The new fine points of furniture.1993.

Making Furniture Masterpieces
Making Furniture Masterpieces

Author: Franklin H. Gottshall

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1997-02-11

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0486293386

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Step-by-step instructions, illustrations for constructing handsome, useful pieces, among them a Sheraton desk, Chippendale chair, Spanish desk, Queen Anne table, and a William and Mary dressing mirror.

Manual of Traditional Wood Carving
Manual of Traditional Wood Carving

Author: Paul N. Hasluck

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1977-01-01

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 9780486234892

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The early-twentieth-century profusely illustrated reference on the traditional craft details woods and essential tools used and covers carving techniques and designs for specific projects

John Townsend
John Townsend

Author: Morrison H. Heckscher

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1588391450

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American Furniture, 1650-1840
American Furniture, 1650-1840

Author: Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley

Publisher: Highlights from the Philadelph

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780876332962

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"American Furniture, 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art show early American furniture participated in an international visual language. This volume provides an important resource for scholars of American furniture, illuminates the cultural and mercantile life of the fledgling nation, and offers a lively introduction to the donors, curators, and personalities who have shaped the institution from its earliest days to the present"--

American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0870994271

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This publication documents The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of early colonial furniture and presents a broad spectrum of furniture forms made in America during the 17th and early 18th centuries, including chairs and other seating, tables, boxes, various types of chests and cupboards, dressing tables, and desks. The volume also includes prime examples of the different modes of ornamentation in fashion during that period. Over 140 objects are thoroughly described, with detailed information given on each one's construction, condition, dimensions, materials, and inscriptions and other marks, as well as provenance and exhibition history. Every object is explained in terms of the styles and craftsmanship of the period and evaluated in light of comparative pieces in public and private collections throughout the country. Also included is one appendix containing photographic details of construction and decorative elements, and another with line drawings explaining furniture terms and showing various types of joints and moldings. This is the first volume in a series of two that is dedicated to American furniture in the Museum. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.