- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Taunton Press Inc; New edition edition (4 July 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 156158651X
- ISBN-13: 978-1561586516
- Product Dimensions: 27.1 x 22.7 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 709,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Beautifully photographed with lots of background information, this book is itself a treasure."
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A highly visual guided tour of the world's most ancient and enduring furniture form - the chest - this book includes fascinating historical examples as well as outstanding modern chests. A chest is more than a big box to store blankets. From time immemorial, people have used chests to protect their greatest valuables. The treasure in these chests ranges from jewellery, silver, and money to heirloom blankets and precious historical artifacts. But the real treasure is the chests themselves. Each one is remarkable either for beauty of design and execution, historical significance, or because it is one of the best examples of its kind. Each of these items of furniture has a story to tell.
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ANCESTOR OF THE SAFE, PRECURSOR of the closet, the chest is perhaps the most universal and enduring form of furniture. Read the first page
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book tries to do two things simultaneously, and manages both.
First of all, it's a glorious coffee table book. Lots of high quality illustrations of beatiful and inspirational work. If you appreciate fine cabinetry, you'll love looking at these.
Secondly, it's clearly trying to inspire other makers too. It's not a "how to" book, and you need to be pretty skilful to start emulating the quality of the work in here, but it's also full of new and exciting ideas to motivate your own designs.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful and wide-ranging
18 April 2004
Format:Hardcover
A lovely book. The title may mislead - it's really what I would think of as large-scale boxes, carcass work. Old and new designs, from blanket chests to campaign chests. Usually enough photos of each piece to give a real sense of it, too. (I hate feeling like I've missed seeing 2/3 of what's there.)
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Sumptuous
7 Aug 2006
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I really enjoy this book. I am a woodworker / furniture maker and I read a lot of this style of book. The author does a fantastic job of illustrating each box and providing a bit of background on each box. The photos are all in color and very well composed.
The boxes range from a tea box recovered from the harbor at the Boston Tea Party to HO Studley's over-the-top tool chest to a standard GI foot locker.
The book is well-organized. There is little wood working technique described so if you are looking for a how-to book, this ain't the book for you. However, the author briefly describes uncommon techniques such as lapstrake construction (common in shipbuilding but almost unheard of in furniture making).
The boxes range from a tea box recovered from the harbor at the Boston Tea Party to HO Studley's over-the-top tool chest to a standard GI foot locker.
The book is well-organized. There is little wood working technique described so if you are looking for a how-to book, this ain't the book for you. However, the author briefly describes uncommon techniques such as lapstrake construction (common in shipbuilding but almost unheard of in furniture making).
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Both a beautiful and an educational book
5 Oct 2002
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is truly enjoyable to read.
It is a beautiful "coffee table" book -- after all, who isn't intrigued by antique treasure chests and other historical boxes.
I really enjoyed the history behind the various boxes types, and learned a lot about the benefits of the different construction types.
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