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Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000
This major illustrated study investigates farmhouse and cabin furniture from all over the island of Ireland. It discusses the origins and evolution of useful objects, what materials were used and why, and how furniture made for small spaces, often with renewable elements, was innate and expected. Encompassing three centuries, it illuminates a way of life that has almost vanished. It contributes as much to our knowledge of Ireland's cultural history as to its history of furniture. Lavishly illustrated with a mass of the author's own photographs, mostly in colour and many previously unpublished, it draws on several decades of fieldwork, underpinned by academic research. It looks at influences ...
Country Furniture
An introduction to country woodworking traditions provides sample workshop designs, practical advice on tools and equipment, and an overview of woodworking methods that illustrates the step-by-step process of furniture design from a historical perspective. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
English Country Furniture
A preoccupation with the finest period furnishings of the upper classes of English society has, until very recently, dominated the literature on antique furniture, resulting in a neglect of the humbler, but equally important furniture used in ordinary homes over the centuries. While furniture historians in North America and in many European countries have long accepted the vital importance of their own vernacular - or "country" - furniture, recognising it as an essential element of social history, the English equivalent has often been treated almost with contempt by British writers and relegated to the back pages of native furniture studies. This attitude is now recognised as unacceptable, h...
Irish Country Furniture, 1700-1950
This study focuses on the various customs and behaviour surrounding the objects which belonged to the majority of the Irish population. Where some were too impoverished to own furniture, it looks at how they managed without it, as well as the interaction of means of survival. The emphasis is placed upon materials, techniques, and makers; within this framework there emerges a functionalism and purity which has no heroes.
Country Furniture
A practical guide to fashioning traditional country furniture by hand, using the techniques of old-time craftsmen.
The Construction of Period Country Furniture
This book contains 28 country furniture designs, accompanied by constructional notes, drawings and cutting lists, plus chapters on veneering, carving and finishing. Projects include, a Welsh dresser, Jacobean table, stick chairs, corner cabinet, Regency-style sofa table, long-case clock, etc.
Making Country Furniture
George Buchanan shows you how to create 15 pieces of country furniture that include a trinket box, a sleigh bed, a corner cupboard, a child's chair and a trestle table. Basic woodwork tools and skills are all you need as the step-by-step instructions and illustrations help you through all the making stages from preparation of timber to marking out, from cutting joints to assembly. The techniques are made easier with problem-solving sections and helpful hints and tips. Each project highlights key subjects such as finishing, ebonising, panelling or dovetailing. Fully dimensioned plans and cutting lists complete this comprehensive and inspirational guide.
American Country Furniture
Fifty step-by-step projects for popular furniture projects from master craftsmen, including a dry sink, harvest table, Shaker candlestand, pie safe, ladder-back chair, and more. Build David T. Smith's most popular furniture reproductions. Includes common woodworking techniques.
Log Home Living
Log Home Living is the oldest, largest and most widely distributed and read publication reaching log home enthusiasts. For 21 years Log Home Living has presented the log home lifestyle through striking editorial, photographic features and informative resources. For more than two decades Log Home Living has offered so much more than a magazine through additional resources–shows, seminars, mail-order bookstore, Web site, and membership organization. That's why the most serious log home buyers choose Log Home Living.
