Making Furniture Masterpieces: 30 Projects with Measured Drawings

by Franklin H. Gottshall

Book Overview

Step-by-step instructions, illustrations for constructing handsome, useful pieces, among them a Sheraton desk, Chippendale chair, Spanish desk, Queen Anne table, and a William and Mary dressing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486293386
• ISBN13: 9780486293387
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource for advaned projects.

As with most of Gottshall's books, the projects are not for the beginner. Good knowledge of woodworking processes are necessary to build these beautiful period pieces. The finishes advocated in the book are dated but are completely appropriate for the pieces involved. Pieces of this quality deserve finishes that are reversible by our heirs and that would exclude a lot of the modern water-based and polyurethane finishes.

A valuable addition to your collection

Excellent book and a valuable reference for anyone interested in reproduction furniture. The section on finishing techniques is a bit dated, but the real value is the detailed drawings of reproduction pieces he built. Not for the beginner. The instructions are straight forward, but they require you to be comfortable with woodworking techniques. Great book.