Making Authentic Shaker Furniture: With Measured Drawings of Museum Classics

by John Gerald Shea

Book Overview

Explains, illustrates criteria and techniques used by the Shakers to design, construct and finish the furniture and crafts for which they are admired. Over 250 photographs and measured drawings for over 80 classic designs, ranging from a sugar scoop to a peg-leg footstool to a Harvard trestle table. 262 halftones. 140 black-and-white line illustrations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486270033
• ISBN13: 9780486270036
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 10.9"