A complete guide to making classic carved chairs in the Chippendale style. Features a comprehensive step-by-step technique section with easy reading text, more than 300 photographs, and a full-color art gallery.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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addendum to my previous review,
By FRANCISCO TESTOR FDEZ DE C (Santiago Chile) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Making Classic Chairs: A Craftsmans Chippendale Reference (Paperback)
I recommended to buy the plans for the chair. I forgot to say the plans lack of simmetry, hence, use the left hand side for reference to make the templates otherwise you will end up with mismatched pieces!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Very interesting book, but beware of errors.,
By FRANCISCO TESTOR FDEZ DE C (Santiago Chile) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Making Classic Chairs: A Craftsmans Chippendale Reference (Paperback)
I am presently building the chair explained in the book. The book is very well written an helpful if you have never built a chair before, but beware there are many (many although the author does not recognize the mistakes) mistakes in the measurements. MEASURE TWICE- READ ALL THE REFERENCES in the book which relate to each piece, or you will have to buy extra wood to recover from these mistakes. There is a set of plans for the chair which you MUST buy or from the tiny pictures from the book will not be able to accomplish the project. The book itself has plenty of pictures (all black and white except for a gallery of chairs). The cover seems to deliver better quality pictures than it actually does. The title should say "Building A classic chair" since it only explains how to build just one model. But remember, get the plans, and re-read the book back and forward before cutting any part and buying the wood.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Fantastic book,
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This review is from: Making Classic Chairs: A Craftsmans Chippendale Reference (Paperback)
This is a fantastic book despite the false claim on the ball and claw foot on the back cover, as the author does not show the reader how to carve a ball and claw foot anywhere in the book, only the hairy paw carving is shown in detail. It is certainly the best chair making book I have seen.I highly recommend this book.
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