American Furniture of the 18th Century

 

American Furniture of the 18th Century
American Furniture of the 18th Century
by Authors: Jeffrey P. Greene
Released: September, 1996
ISBN: 1561581046
Hardcover

Sales Rank: 43,069
List price: $45.00
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American Furniture of the 18th Century > Customer Review #1:
A "must-buy" book for furniture makers

This is a simply fabulous book. Its split into two sections; a furniture history section and a "how-to" section, describing basic techniques. These two sections make the book a great, informative read. BUT what makes this a "must buy" are the appendices. Greene shows exploded views of virtually all the basic furniture types. While these pictures arent project plans, they provide invaluable information about the guts of antique furniture. The other appendix I like is the one showing 18th century recipes for finishes. I tried a few and they work great.

American Furniture of the 18th Century > Customer Review #2:
An excellent all-around reference for this period furniture

Greenes book does a good job of providing a woodworker (or others interested in period pieces) with solid information on many selected pieces from the era of the title. He does a good job of selecting pieces of good taste, and gives a lot of information on various details with just the right amount of how-to. There is also a lot of historical background info for those who like to know about the history of a piece or style before they build it. The pictures and exploded drawings (showing joinery) are excellent. Though not a comprehensive encyclopedia (its not intended to be one) it is a good read from start to finish or a good reference book. Well worth the money.

American Furniture of the 18th Century > Customer Review #3:
A selection of fine furniture

This book has an excellent selection of photographs of fine furniture of the 18th Century. The most notable thing about the book is that the author has exhibited fairly good taste in his selection of specimens to include, and has largely ignored the more shabby pieces of the era. This is in contrast with Nuttings "Furniture Treasury", which has truly extensive selections of photographs of all furniture of the era (good, bad, or indifferent). Greenes book also contains good historical information on the furniture trade of that era, and has an excellent bibliography of furniture books written in the 18th Century (some of which remain available).

The author is a former mechanical engineer, who now hand crafts replica 18th Century furniture for a living.



 
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