An illustrated reference guide to furniture making, including material characteristics and properties, necessary equipment, techniques, and tips on component construction, veneering, marquetry and inlaying.

This book documents Shaker furniture from communities in New England, Ohio, and Kentucky throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Free-standing tables, chairs, desks, boxes, and case clocks and built-in cupboards and cases of drawers are included. The text provides a detailed account of Shaker history, culture, and religion. Further, it examines Shaker design and tools, reporting new research on the Shaker color palette.

Rev. ed. of: The new fine points of furniture.1993.

A comprehensive, amply illustrated guide illustrates the simple, functional furniture style developed during the Shaker movement--a successful experiment in communitarian living--and traces its evolution from the Colonial styles of New York and New England

From French settees to Chippendale desks to medieval tables to Bugatti chairs, Encyclopedia of Furniture details the history and development of Western furniture. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of full-color photographs, this chronological guide highlights the major trends as well as the minor eccentricities. Experienced antique dealers offer advice and analysis in this essential reference work for both amateur and experienced collector.

Shows and describes splicing, oblique, corner, cross, and edge joints used in Japanese wooden construction

In a comprehensive listing of entries from "Aalto, Hugo Alvar Henrik" to "Zui Weng Yi," Boyce illuminates readers about furniture styles, construction details, terminology, furniture designers, and design movements throughout history and throughout the world. Styles covered include European-inspired classical, baroque, pop, rococo, and modernist. This extensive guide will be helpful for furniture enthusiasts, historians, and those interested in redecorating their homes.