Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware

In harmony with the Shaker spirit Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware emphasizes simplicity precision and utility. This book along with Handberg''s Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware is represented by over 100000 copies in print and nearly twenty years of service to cabinetmakers and antiques collectors worldwide. These highly respected books have established themselves as an authoritative source. No furniture makers antique lovers libraries or museums should be without them. This book includes careful advice on the selection and drying of wood and provides accurate scale drawings of such sought-after Shaker items as apothecary cupboard sewing stand revolving stool sewing accessories workstand high chair cupboard chest candlestands stool dippers chest of drawers trestle table footstool chair finials work counter drop leaf table settee knobs and pulls tailoresses'' counter washstands wall clock oval boxes and carriers sewing desk chairs lap desk and more.