Boxes & Chests: How to Make and Decorate 15 Traditional Country Projects (Paperback)

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Product Description

The traditional country boxes and chests offered in this book represent the wide assortment of pieces created and used in American homes before the age of mass production. With the step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and detailed plans provided, you can easily reproduce these historical boxes and chests for your own home. These include: New England Knife Tray; Painted Pennsylvania German Dowry Chest; Carved Pine Chest; New England Candle Box; New England Pipe Box; Pencil Box; Six-Board Chest; and Cottage Writing Box.

About the Author

Alan and Gill Bridgewater

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Stackpole Books; 1st edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811725596
• ISBN-13: 978-0811725590
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #777,316 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "Boxes and Chests" is a big disappointment., June 22, 2004

By A Customer

This book is a big disappointment and a frustration. It's obvious the Bridgewaters have the knowledge to build fabulous furniture but they have chosen to keep that knowledge a secret. With weak project sketches and ambiguous, discontinuous text, it is difficult to see how they breezed through point "A" to point "B." Their reading audience is not the beginning woodworker. The Bridgewaters assume the reader has a full array of wood planes and wood carving tools and knows how to use them without need for explanation. This is perhaps more a style book for the advance woodworker (I wish I were) who is in a rut for new ideas. Maybe they had a lousy editor?