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Taunton\'s complete illustrated guide to period furniture details / Lonnie Bird.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: Newtown, Conn. : Taunton ; Poole : Chris Lloyd, 2004.Description: 144 p. : col. ill. ; 28cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1561585904
  • 9781561585908
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 684.104 LON
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 684.104 LON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100624288

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This new paperback expands on the techniques covered in Shaping Wood. It covers joinery relating to 18th-century furniture styles, as well as the demanding techniques required to complete ornate period pieces. Turning and carving, as well as building accurately, are all included in a highly visual format. Over 400 photos and drawings illustrate the methods -- from half-blind dovetails to gooseneck moldings. If you love period details and long to create them, you will want this book.



You'll learn about:

Casework techniques Moldings and edge treatments Carved and turned legs Period chair components Finials and applied carvings

Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. 3)
  • Section 1 Moldings (p. 4)
  • Ogees (p. 12)
  • Coves (p. 15)
  • Beads (p. 16)
  • Crown Moldings (p. 18)
  • Dentail Moldings (p. 23)
  • Section 2 Legs (p. 24)
  • Tapers (p. 27)
  • Knee Blocks (p. 28)
  • Cabriole Leg (p. 34)
  • Section 3 Tabletops (p. 36)
  • Scalloped Top (p. 38)
  • Dished Top (p. 39)
  • Rule Joints (p. 41)
  • Section 4 Feet (p. 42)
  • Pad Foot (p. 44)
  • Trifid Foot (p. 45)
  • Ball and Claw Foot (p. 47)
  • Flat Base (p. 50)
  • Ogee Feet (p. 52)
  • Section 5 Bedposts (p. 56)
  • Bedposts (p. 59)
  • Section 6 Chairs (p. 63)
  • Splats (p. 66)
  • Arm and Post (p. 70)
  • Chair Legs (p. 75)
  • Chair Shoe (p. 79)
  • Side Rails (p. 80)
  • Section 7 Casework (p. 85)
  • Dovetails (p. 94)
  • Template Shaped Components (p. 97)
  • Gooseneck Molding (p. 100)
  • Arched Molding (p. 106)
  • Rosettes (p. 107)
  • Finials (p. 109)
  • Doors (p. 118)
  • Flutes and Reeds (p. 127)
  • Base and Capital Molding (p. 134)
  • Candle-Slide (p. 136)
  • Index (p. 137)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Lonnie Bird was a long-time contributing editor to American Woodworker and frequently contributes to Fine Woodworking. For many years, Bird ran a university woodworking program. He lives in Dandridge, Tennessee where he makes 18th-century furniture and operates a woodworking school

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