Making Colonial Furniture
Making Colonial Furniture

Author: James M. O'Neill

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9780486296661

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Expert, illustrated hands-on guide enables even beginners to make 24 authentic pieces: butter churn table, pedestal table, apothecary chest, deacons' bench, dry sink, hutch, more. Exploded drawings help visualize construction. Detailed instructions plus advice on wood, gluing and clamping, finishing, hardware, more. 74 black-and-white illustrations.

Making Colonial Furniture Reproductions
Making Colonial Furniture Reproductions

Author: John Gerald Shea

Publisher: Dover Publications

Published: 1994-01

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780486282626

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This excellent how-to book provides woodworkers with all the information and instructions they need to construct accurate and beautiful replicas of such attractive pieces as a drop-lid desk, pine dresser, wing chair, butterfly trestle table, paneled chest, bookcases, and other authentic replicas. Over 300 illustrations.

Art & Industry in Early America
Art & Industry in Early America

Author: Patricia E. Kane

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 0300217846

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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.

Making Furniture in Preindustrial America
Making Furniture in Preindustrial America

Author: Edward S. Cooke

Publisher:

Published: 1996-07-26

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13:

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A study of the furniture-makers, social structure, household possessions and surviving pieces of furniture of two neighbouring New England communities. Drawing on documentary and artifactual sources, the author explores the interplay among producer, process and style in demonstrating why and how the social economies of these two seemingly similar towns differed significantly during the late colonial and early national periods.

Everyday Life in Early America
Everyday Life in Early America

Author: David F. Hawke

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1989-01-25

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0060912510

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"In this clearly written volume, Hawke provides enlightening and colorful descriptions of early Colonial Americans and debunks many widely held assumptions about 17th century settlers."--Publishers Weekly

Windsor-chair Making in America
Windsor-chair Making in America

Author: Nancy Goyne Evans

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 1584654937

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The definitive work on the production of Windsor furniture, from one of America's premier authorities.