Making Colonial Furniture Reproductions: Over 100 Projects With Measured Drawings

By John Gerald Shea

by John Gerald Shea. With 335 Illustrations. ISBN 0-486-28262-7. With this book you will not only learn about the history of colonial furniture and how it was made, you'll find complete step-by-step... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486282627
• ISBN13: 9780486282626
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Furniture projects for the rest of us.

These are good representations of furniture used by average Americans during times past. Shea stays away from 'high style' pieces and deliberatly picks plain furniture that is either taken directly from museum pieces or 'new' designs based on this style. Everything from craft projects to a complete bedroom suite.The author is quick to point out that the best wood for most of these projects is pine, or native North American hardwoods. This is in keeping with the origin of these pieces - country workshops far away from the fashion centers of the day, and even further from the mahogany importers.Includes: A short history lesson, lots of line drawings, 'how-to' sections on building and finishing with hand and power tools, and a section on how to replicate a complete colonial room.