Author: Michael Dunbar
Publisher: Taunton
ISBN: 9780918804211
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Supplies detailed instructions on making the turned legs, spindled back, and contour seat of two styles of Windsor chairs
Make a Windsor Chair with Michael Dunbar
Author: Michael Dunbar
Publisher: Taunton
ISBN: 9780918804211
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Supplies detailed instructions on making the turned legs, spindled back, and contour seat of two styles of Windsor chairs
Publisher: Taunton
ISBN: 9780918804211
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Supplies detailed instructions on making the turned legs, spindled back, and contour seat of two styles of Windsor chairs
Windsor Chairmaking
Author: Michael Dunbar
Publisher: Hastings House Book Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher: Hastings House Book Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Windsor Chairmaking
Author: James Mursell
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781847971548
Category : Furniture making
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Windsor chairs are a beautiful and traditional feature in any home. Celebrate their history, and learn their heritage. Both novice and experienced woodworkers can learn how to make a Windsor chair that is both functional and beautifully shaped.
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781847971548
Category : Furniture making
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Windsor chairs are a beautiful and traditional feature in any home. Celebrate their history, and learn their heritage. Both novice and experienced woodworkers can learn how to make a Windsor chair that is both functional and beautifully shaped.
Make a Windsor Chair
Author: Mike Dunbar
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN: 9781635617627
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Join in the fun and fulfillment of creating your very own functional and beautiful Windsor chair with the guidance of the legendary Mike Dunbar. This classic instructional returns better than ever, with updated methods and new tips from the author. Loaded with detailed diagrams and photos, this book is a must-have for all woodworkers!
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN: 9781635617627
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Join in the fun and fulfillment of creating your very own functional and beautiful Windsor chair with the guidance of the legendary Mike Dunbar. This classic instructional returns better than ever, with updated methods and new tips from the author. Loaded with detailed diagrams and photos, this book is a must-have for all woodworkers!
Modern Chair
Author: Clement Meadmore
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 048683929X
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
In this profusely illustrated study, a noted furniture designer brings together more than 40 examples of chairs that combine practicality and elegance to transcend the confines of period and fashion. Featured are such modern "classics" as Thonet's Bentwood armchair, Breuer's Wassily chair, van der Rohe's Barcelone chair, and many more. Each chair is described in detail with the aid of photographs, Mr. Meadmore's own explanatory drawings and some reproductions of the original designer's plans. The author also explores the ways in which the designers approached and solved inherent problems of function and aesthetics. The scale drawings in this book are all one-eighth of full size, allowing easy assessment of dimensions and visual comparison of size and proportion. Many of these chairs are housed in museum collections; others are still being produced today. Now, this inexpensive edition of The Modern Chair enables students of furniture and any interested reader to make a thorough study of the most important chairs of modern times.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 048683929X
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
In this profusely illustrated study, a noted furniture designer brings together more than 40 examples of chairs that combine practicality and elegance to transcend the confines of period and fashion. Featured are such modern "classics" as Thonet's Bentwood armchair, Breuer's Wassily chair, van der Rohe's Barcelone chair, and many more. Each chair is described in detail with the aid of photographs, Mr. Meadmore's own explanatory drawings and some reproductions of the original designer's plans. The author also explores the ways in which the designers approached and solved inherent problems of function and aesthetics. The scale drawings in this book are all one-eighth of full size, allowing easy assessment of dimensions and visual comparison of size and proportion. Many of these chairs are housed in museum collections; others are still being produced today. Now, this inexpensive edition of The Modern Chair enables students of furniture and any interested reader to make a thorough study of the most important chairs of modern times.
Pull Up a Chair
Author: Mike Dunbar
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781511716017
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Mike Dunbar is world renown as a Windsor chairmaker, teacher, and author. You will discover in this volume that Mike doesn't just make chairs, he thinks about them. He thinks about chairs constantly, and connects them to all sorts of subjects. Mike also records his thoughts. For years he has emailed a monthly essay about chairs to a subscriber list of fellow enthusiasts. If you are not on that list, or if you joined in recent years, you have missed a lot. No longer. In this volume Mike presents his essays from 2007 to 2011. Accept his invitation. Pull up a chair and have a seat. Open these pages and explore Mike Dunbar's world - the world of chairs, and all that they mean to him.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781511716017
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Mike Dunbar is world renown as a Windsor chairmaker, teacher, and author. You will discover in this volume that Mike doesn't just make chairs, he thinks about them. He thinks about chairs constantly, and connects them to all sorts of subjects. Mike also records his thoughts. For years he has emailed a monthly essay about chairs to a subscriber list of fellow enthusiasts. If you are not on that list, or if you joined in recent years, you have missed a lot. No longer. In this volume Mike presents his essays from 2007 to 2011. Accept his invitation. Pull up a chair and have a seat. Open these pages and explore Mike Dunbar's world - the world of chairs, and all that they mean to him.
Make a Windsor Chair with Michael Dunbar
Author: Mike Dunbar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chairs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chairs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Chairmaker's Workshop
Author: Drew Langsner
Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
ISBN: 9781579902308
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Handcrafting the most widely loved chair designs.
Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
ISBN: 9781579902308
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Handcrafting the most widely loved chair designs.
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Book of Hallowe'en
Author: Ruth Edna Kelley
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387516736
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Learn the secrets of the most frightening, fun-filled day of the year! The only day when the forces of darkness are openly celebrated, Halloween comes down to us from the strange, shrouded mists of antiquity, originating in the pagan world and the primitive ceremonies that honor Samhain, the dark, mysterious Lord of the Dead, at a time when the veil between our world and theirs is at its thinnest. The strange and weird customs and beliefs of our ancestors live again, every October 31st, in the only day of the year when it is considered okay to dress in frightening costumes, to go door to door begging, and to feast on fear. A true classic in the literature of pagan lore, you will find this book frightening, fascinating and fun!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387516736
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Learn the secrets of the most frightening, fun-filled day of the year! The only day when the forces of darkness are openly celebrated, Halloween comes down to us from the strange, shrouded mists of antiquity, originating in the pagan world and the primitive ceremonies that honor Samhain, the dark, mysterious Lord of the Dead, at a time when the veil between our world and theirs is at its thinnest. The strange and weird customs and beliefs of our ancestors live again, every October 31st, in the only day of the year when it is considered okay to dress in frightening costumes, to go door to door begging, and to feast on fear. A true classic in the literature of pagan lore, you will find this book frightening, fascinating and fun!