Customer Reviews

The Book of American Windsor Furniture: Styles and Technologies

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This book is decent, but a bit expensive for what it offers.
If you want history and critiques of a bunch of windsor chairs...this is your book.
If you want to build one of these chairs, this is not the book for you.

I have really enjoyed this book. It was recommended by a master Windsor Chairmaker and it is great. It would have been five stars except for the plans included. They are a little too small for old eyes.

This compendium of various Windsor chair designs is outstanding in it's breadth and informative in it's detail. The book discusses a selection of classic Windsor chairs and selected from that collection are examples with detailed construction drawings. This book contains a wealth of information for the collector and the craftsman.

For a windsor builder such as myself this book is abosolutely phenomenal and is a must have. It has detailed dimensioned drawings for the builder. Any experienced woodworker should be able to build one of numerous chairs in the book from the information given. This book is awesome and worth its price no matter how high. What a wealth of information. Drawings are perfect. You wont be disappointed. John Kassay is the man!!

No one with an interest in appreciating, collecting, or building windsor furniture should be without this book, 'nuf said. I especially appreciated the numerous detailed drawings of various types.

I have been studying the Shaker lifestyle and artifacts for a good number of years and having read Dr. Kassays newest book leaves me with a feeling of the most comprehensive study to date.