Making Classic English Furniture: A Modern Approach to Traditional Cabinetmaking [Paperback]

Paul Richardson (Author)

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Publication Date: October 2000

Classic designs, beautiful crafting, and fine details: traditional furniture making has them all. A fifth-generation cabinetmaker and restorer shows how today's woodworkers can create timeless pieces while exploiting modern techniques and equipment, as well as those used since the 18th century. This proven blend of past and present approaches to producing period furniture, including constructing dovetailed drawers and hand veneering, reaches its apex in five highly detailed projects, each exhaustively illustrated with plans, explanatory drawings, and color photographs. Fashion an oak mule chest with broken-arch paneled doors, using a biscuit joiner; a tapered-leg dressing table; a sofa table, which demands calculating rule and finger joints; an extending table with telescopic runners and a platform stretcher; and a breakfast bookcase.

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Product Details

Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Guild of Master Craftsman (October 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1861081537
ISBN-13: 978-1861081537
Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds

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The projects in this book are:

Eighteenth-century mule chest

Late-Georgian dressing table

Regency sofa table

William IV extending table

Mid-Georgian library bookcase

Also clear instruction on the specialized technical requirements including:

-dovetailing

-drawer-making

-veneering

-crossbanding

-materials and equipment

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