Author: Nancy Goyne Evans
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781555951122
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
Definitive reference on classic American collectible. 744 pages, 1,000 illustrations, checklist of 2,400 chairmakers, more.
Author: Nancy Goyne Evans
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781555950644
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Book Description
The indispensable companion volume to Hudson Hills Press' phenomenal American Windsor Chairs.
Author: James Mursell
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 0719843626
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 597
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Book Description
Windsor chairs are a beautiful and traditional feature in any home. Some three hundred years of tradition lie behind chairs made today. While sound joints are essential, it is the sensitive shaping of each component that leads to a fine chair. This lavish book celebrates their history and explains their heritage. It compares and contrasts the distinct Windsor designs from England and America. Tools, techniques and the selection of materials are extensively covered. Detailed plans and measurements for four chairs [two English, two American] are provided and allow makers on one side of the Atlantic to attempt a chair from the other side. A unique study of a magnificent 18th century armchair brings to life the 260 year old story told by the tool marks and other clues left by the maker. Guidance and techniques explain how to design your own chair from scratch, taking into account the anthropomorphic nature of these chairs and the messages they can send out.
Author: Wallace Nutting
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486158039
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Book Description
100 different types of Windsor chairs and other furniture. Full-page photos of side chairs, armchairs, comb-backs, writing-arm chairs, babies' high-backs and low chairs, settees, love seats, stools, and tables. Informative text.
Author: John Kassay
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Book Description
Combining comfort, simplicity and craftsmanship, Windsor chairs have long been prized by collectors. Introduced from England in the early 1700s, the Windsor style took hold in America first as seating for the well-to-do and later as the favourite chair of the general population. Included in the Windsor family are stools, tables, settees, high chairs, cradles and candle stands, but the greatest variety is found in the chairs, which range from comb-back to bow-back to step-down versions. Their makers took advantage of the natural properties of different woods for particular components of the chairs, employing hickory, red oak, or ash for bent parts, maple for turnings and pine for seats.
Author: Nancy Goyne Evans
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1584654937
Category : Furniture making
Languages : en
Pages : 519
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Book Description
The definitive work on the production of Windsor furniture, from one of America's premier authorities.
Author: John Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780854420834
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Book Description
This work provides an insight into the history of Welsh stick chairs and includes instructions on how to make a chair, covering methods of bending the wood for chair construction. Illustrations show each stage in the building process.
Author: Charles Santore
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Author: Peter Galbert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780990623038
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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A complete treatise on building Windsor chairs, hand-illustrated by the author.
Author: Christopher Schwarz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781954697157
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
"..."The Stick Chair Book" is divided into three sections. The first section, "Thinking About Chairs," introduces you to the world of common stick chairs, plus the tools and wood to build them. The second section - "Chairmaking Techniques" - covers every process involved in making a chair, from cutting stout legs, to making curved arms with straight wood, to carving the seat. Plus, you'll get a taste for the wide variety of shapes you can use. The chapter on seats shows you how to lay out 14 different seat shapes. The chapter on legs has 16 common forms that can be made with only a couple handplanes. Add those to the 11 different arm shapes, six arm-joinery options, 14 shapes for hands, seven stretcher shapes and 11 combs, and you could make stick chairs your entire life without ever making the same one twice. The final section offers detailed plans for five stick chairs, from a basic Irish armchair to a dramatic Scottish comb-back. These five chair designs are a great jumping-off point for making stick chairs of your own design. Additional chapters in the book cover chair comfort, finishing and sharpening the tools. From the author: "When I first wrote 'The Stick Chair Book' in 2021, I was also fighting cancer. So I hammered out the text with urgency and the desire to record every fragment of information I knew about chairmaking. "To be fair, that's usually how I go about writing all my books. But then I typically take a couple months off, put the manuscript aside, then revisit it with fresh eyes and a sharpened pen. My final revisions remove about 10-20 percent of the original material. The stuff I cut is usually chapters that don't match the tone of the rest of the text. Or I snip sections that aren't as relevant as when I first wrote them. I also smooth out the writing and add bits of information I'd forgotten during the first brain-to-fingers dump. "And that's exactly what I've done for this revised edition. As a result, the text is 10.1 percent shorter than the first edition. It's more to the point. And it's where the manuscript would have ended up under normal conditions..."--Publisher's website.
