Greene & Greene style bookcase

comments (2) January 14th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

dickvn dickvn, member
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Bottom Corners - from Rear
Bottom Corner - Joint Detail
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Rear View
Top-to-Side Joinery
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Bottom Corners - from Rear
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This is a bookcase I designed and built for my wife.  She requested G&G-style, sized to fit in a certain space and to hold specific books.  It's 42-1/2"W x 28"W x 12"D. It's wider than it should be for a center shelf that long, but not heavily loaded and is holding up very well.  Rear is finished because I envisioned possibly using it as a space divider at some point.


Design or Plan used: My own design
posted in: Reader's Gallery, , cherry, arts and crafts, bookcase, polyurethane, ebony, greene & Greene, exposed joinery
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GULYAS GULYAS writes: I love your design. I am in fact trying to design a similar bookcase with the same finger joints at the top of the carcass. I want the relationship of the fingers and ebony plugs to be as harmonious as your design. I planned on using 1" thick mahogany boards and 3/8" ebony plugs. What was the sizing of your boards with relationship to the plug size....is it 3/4" and a 1/4" plug? Since you probably went through a similar process in your own design, any insights would be tremenduosly helpfull.
Posted: 11:37 am on April 28th

Odrisan Odrisan writes: Nice job. As I understand it, G&G and the Hall Brothers finished the backs of every piece. As a divider or not, it's consistent with their workmanship.
Posted: 5:53 pm on February 16th

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