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  Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Period Furniture Details
  Tauntons Complete Illustrated Guide to Period Furniture Details
Tauntons Complete Illustrated Guide to Period Furniture Details

 
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. Discontinued Item. Limited Availability.

List Price $27.00
Website Price $21.60
Sale Price $16.20

Author: Lonnie Bird
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2003
Pages: 144
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Building, carving, and turning techniques for 18th-century furniture.

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
Table of Contents
Introduction—Section 1. Moldings: Ogees, Coves, Beads, Crown Moldings, Dentil Moldings; Section 2. Legs: Tapers, Knee Blocks, Cabriole Leg; Section 3. Tabletops: Scalloped Top, Dished Top, Rule Joints; Section 4. Feet: Pad Foot, Trifid Foot, Ball and Claw Foot, Flat Base, Ogee Feet; Section 5. Bedposts: Bedposts; Section 6. Chairs: Splats, Arm and Post, Chair Legs, Chair Shoe, Side Rail; Section 7. Casework: Dovetails, Template Shaped Components, Gooseneck Molding, Arched Molding, Rosettes, Finials, Doors, Flutes and Reeds Base and Capital Molding, Candle-slide; Index.

About the Author
Lonnie Bird is a professional woodworker, teacher, writer, and tool designer whose work has been featured in Fine Woodworking. His books include Shaping Wood, The Shaper Book, and The Bandsaw Book. He lives in Dandridge, Tennessee.

 

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