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Together in one comprehensive book for the first time, these three volumes of Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture & Woodenware capture the simplicity, precision, and utility of shaker craftsmanship. In print for more than 20 years, these legendary and authoritative volumes have served as guides for cabinetmakers and antique collectors worldwide. Includes shop drawings for more than 100 authentic pieces.
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Format:Hardcover
I thought this book would at least provide me with some diagrams showing construction but I was wrong. The sketches, (I won't call them workshop drawings) which are supposedly to scale, look a bit like those drawings you get in colouring in books. Some dimensions are given but to be honest you might as well not have them. There are some exploded views of dovetail joints and on some of them you can see through tenons but that is the only construction detail. There are some photos but these are poor quality.
If you want a book that shows you what Shaker furniture looks like or you have a particular interest in finials (there seem to be a lot of sketches of them) then this is the book for you. If you would like to make some Shaker style furniture and are looking for a cutting list and accurate drawings then this is certainly not the one for you.
If you want a book that shows you what Shaker furniture looks like or you have a particular interest in finials (there seem to be a lot of sketches of them) then this is the book for you. If you would like to make some Shaker style furniture and are looking for a cutting list and accurate drawings then this is certainly not the one for you.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Invaluable, detailed, comprehensive, and strongly recommended
7 May 2008
Format:Hardcover
The late Ejner Handberg (1902-1985) was born in Denmark, emigrated to America, and became a gifted cabinetmaker working in Stockbridge, Massachusetts for a good many years where he is perhaps best known to the general public as the man who helped design and build Norman Rockwell's studio. Handberg was a master of the Shaker furniture and woodworking style. Now his three previously published volumes on the subject have been combined together into a single volume and published by The Countryman Press as "Shop Drawings Of Shaker Furniture & Woodenware" providing cabinetmakers and antiques collectors with an authoritative reference comprised of accurate scale drawings of Shaker items ranging from Beds, sewing tables, blanket chest, school desk, and candlestands, to oval boxes, trestle tables, wall cupboards, revolving stools, and so much more. "Shop Drawings Of Shaker Furniture & Woodenware" is an invaluable, detailed, comprehensive, and strongly recommended addition to personal and professional woodworker reference collections, as well as the Shaker Woodworking Studies reference collections of antique dealers, collectors, libraries, and museums.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Builder restorers review
30 Aug 2008
Format:Hardcover
This is a bare bones manual with simple text and line drawings but limited construction detail. It's definitely worthwhile for bulders of shaker reproduction furniture, Good line drawings of authentic specimens are hard to find.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Good Collection
12 Dec 2007
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
A good collection of measured drawings of many Shaker items, some of which are not generally available in other reference books.
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