Cabinetmaker and the Carver

Cabinetmaker and the Carver
Author: Gerald W. R. Ward
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Furniture, Colonial
ISBN: 9781936520060

For centuries Boston has been one of the most important furniture-making centers in America. Soon after the town’s founding in 1630, Boston’s joiners and turners were the first craftsmen to make furniture in British North America, and the city’s cabinetmakers contributed to the art and craft of furniture making throughout the elegant colonial and federal periods. Its factories and designers have also been a source of fine furniture, creating major pieces in the various revival styles of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Massachusetts Historical Society, The Cabinetmaker and the Carver showcases rare and exemplary pieces from private collections, illustrating three centuries of Boston history through carefully selected examples of furniture that represent the trajectory of this great tradition.

Illustrated Cabinetmaking

Illustrated Cabinetmaking
Author: Bill Hylton
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 806
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1607657635

The most complete visual guide to furniture construction ever published! Includes hundreds of clearly-labeled drawings and exploded diagrams that explain everything there is to know about joints, subassemblies and furniture design.

Luxury Goods from India

Luxury Goods from India
Author: Amin Jaffer
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The 50 pieces in this volume, dating from the 15th to the late 19th century, demonstrate all the diversity and skill of Indian craftsmanship"--Jacket.

Chippendale's Director: A Manifesto of Furniture Design

Chippendale's Director: A Manifesto of Furniture Design
Author: Morrison H. Heckscher
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2018-05-14
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1588396479

Published to coincide with the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Thomas Chippendale, England’s most famous cabinetmaker, this issue of the Bulletin addresses the history of Chippendale works at The Met. Morrison H. Heckscher recounts the designer’s meteoric rise from rural obscurity to the heights of the London luxury trade, crediting that remarkable success to the publication of the Chippendale Director, an instructive book on furniture design and ornament. The text analyzes the Museum’s rare collection of drawings by Chippendale, revealing a gifted and highly imaginative designer who mastered what today would be called branding. Illustrating a wide selection of the Director drawings alongside furniture inspired by the Director or actually made in Chippendale’s shop, this Bulletin features works of art that attest to the museum’s century-long infatuation with drawing, prints, books, and furniture in the Chippendale style.

The Complete Book of Woodcarving

The Complete Book of Woodcarving
Author: Everett Ellenwood
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 854
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607650967

Whether you're a woodcarver expanding your talents, a seasoned carver refining your skills, or a beginner newly introduced to this fulfilling craft, this is the only carving book you need. Brimming with expert instruction and 8 attractive step-by-step woodcarving projects, you'll learn all the classic carving styles and techniques along with the fundamentals of wood and tool selection, sharpening, creating a workspace, and finishing your completed work. Also included is a complete chapter on power carving.