Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 128 pages
- Published by: Dover Publications January 1, 1986
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0486250008
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0486250007
-
Book Dimensions:
11.1 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
- Weighs: 7.2 ounces
Product Description
Make authentic reproductions of handsome, functional, durable furniture: tables, chairs, wall cabinets, desks, hall tree, more. Construction plans with drawings, schematics, dimensions, lumber specs reprinted from 1900s The Craftsman magazine.
Reader Reviews
This book is a collection of articles/plans that originally appeared in Gustav Stickley's THE CRAFTSMAN magazine near the turn of the century. It has several plans for "classic" Mission/Stickley furniture. Unlike a Norm Abrams (New Yankee Workshop on PBS) book, there are not detailed instructions on HOW to make the joints and features shown in the drawings. Nor is any assembly sequence given. How people knew HOW to do this stuff back then is unknown to me. I love this book. However, I would not recommend it to a novice woodworker. Stickley furniture is all about joinery. This book does not explain HOW to create any of the marvelous joints. Unless you already know how to make pegged mortise and tenon joints, before you grind a lot of oak or cherry into sawdust and eventually firewood, consider buying books by Norm Abrams, Tom Moser, or Tage Frid first. If you aren't a builder and want to look at interesting pictures of Mission furniture, consider buying one of the many reproductions of Arts and Crafts furniture catalogs. A favorite of mine is the "Arts and crafts furniture, the complete Brooks catalog of 1912" by Dover Press.
Back To Top
Search for books at
