Making Authentic Shaker Furniture: With Measured Drawings of Museum Classics (Dover Woodworking)

Shea, John G.

ISBN 10: 0486270033 / ISBN 13: 9780486270036

Editore: Dover Publications, 1992

Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. Codice articolo 00104369447

Riassunto:

Spiega, illustra i criteri e le tecniche utilizzate dagli Shakers per progettare, costruire e rifinire i mobili e i lavori artigianali per i quali sono ammirati. Oltre 250 fotografie e disegni misurati per oltre 80 design classici, che vanno da un cucchiaio da zucchero a uno sgabello con gambe di legno a un tavolo a cavalletto Harvard. 262 mezzitoni. 140 illustrazioni in bianco e nero.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

This splendid book describes and illustrates in detail how the Shakers designed, built, and finished their furniture and household articles. With its detailed text as well as over 250 photographs and measured drawings for over 80 classic pieces, it offers woodworkers and furniture enthusiasts a practical guide to the essentials of replicating a broad range of designs long admired for their sturdy practicality and their spare, elegant beauty.
The book first chronicles and describes the Shaker movement and the Shaker way of living, worshiping, and working. It then explores the Shaker approach to furniture design (from chests and chairs to boxes and baskets), construction (including all joinery techniques), and finishing (including recipes for finishes).
Three important sections of the book depict dozens of classic Shaker designs, complete with measured drawings. The designs include Shaker "smallcraft" such as a cutting board, scoop, candle sconce, peg-leg footstool and towel rack; more substantial "utility designs" such as a dough bin, cradle, dry sink, butcher block, and bonnet box; and furniture classics such as a Harvard trestle table, maple chair, lap desk, sewing chest, rocking chair, bed, settee and chest of drawers—each in its own distinctive way defining the simple, practical grace of Shaker design.

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Titolo: Making Authentic Shaker Furniture: With ...
Casa editrice: Dover Publications
Data di pubblicazione: 1992
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Good