Making Colonial Furniture Reproductions: Over 100 Projects With Measured Drawings

by John Gerald Shea. With 335 Illustrations. ISBN 0-486-28262-7. With this book you will not only learn about the history of colonial furniture and how it was made, you'll find complete step-by-step instructions, with measured drawings, for making over 100 different authentic pieces yourself. Among the attractive projects included here are such classic designs as a gate-leg trestle table, pine cupboard, chest of drawers, oval-top tavern table, knee-hole desk, courting mirror and child's chair. There is also a rich selection of contemporary colonial furnishings-the best designs specially adapted for modern homes and decor. Among these are a planter cabinet, drop-leaf coffee table, dry sink, ladderback chairs, fireside lounger, butterfly extension table and more. Over 300 illustrations, including step-by-step photographic sequences and precise measured drawings, guide you every step of the way. In short, Mr. Shea's expert advice and instruction will enable woodworkers at all levels of experience to create authentic beautiful replicas of a host of venerable furnishings. This is the unabridged Dover (1994) republication of Colonial Furniture Making for Everybody, published by D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, 1968 (1st printing 1964). Index. 131 black-and-white line illustrations; 204 halftones. 214pp including an index.