Wallace Nuttings Furniture Treasury
Hi Folks,
I’ve been reading this magnificent book about furniture hoping to gain new insight into the construction of period furniture as suggested from many fellow Knotizens. I look at the photographs of these incredible pieces and am humbled, but not discouraged. In fact, this has to be one of the most inspiring/motivating tomes I have ever read.
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How in the world did these people create these magnificent pieces from the tools they had at their disposal at the time. No electricity, nothing approaching our modern technology; complete elimination of power tools. All done with hand tools!
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Can I even come close with my little woodshop? Probably not.
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Do I give up – NO WAY! Challenged/motivated – YES!
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I feel fortunate to have all these tools at my disposal. A 10” Delta Contractors tablesaw, 14” Delta bandsaw, Hitachi M12 router mounted in a table plus a hand held Crapsman, a Shop Fox benchtop morticing machine, DW735 planer, Jet 6” jointer; more power sanders than I can ever use. I only have two hands! Most of the power tool goodies a homie could want. Oh yeah, and my first power tool, 10” Craftsman RAS!
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With all the hand planes, chisels, clamps and jigs to complement my powertool arsenal you would think I’d have no problem recreating these magnificent pieces of furniture from the past. NOT!
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Those tools just don’t do it by themselves! You’d think that after all this time and money I spent…………. Ya mean now I gotta learn how to use ‘em? I gotta get some xperience and skill!
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There ain’t no justice in this land.
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Oh and the fun trying. It doesn’t get any better and the best tool I’ve got is right here.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
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You're just the the man to do it, Bob! Go get 'em! Show those rascally boards who's the boss.
Hope to see some pics of your Nuttingesqe projects in the future.
Warm Regards,
Randy
Randy,
I'm in the process of making a Queene Anne interpretation piece for the wife and I; actually a full scale model in pine.
Made my first cabriole leg just recently. It was much easier than I thought it would be. Now the trick is to make all four the same! <G> Getting the first one boosted the confidence level.
Once the model is done and approval from the CFO (wife) and it's time to bring out the cherry and make the real thing.
Thanks for the vote of confidence. Who knows maybe an acanthus leaf, some clawed balls, ooopppsss ball and claw foot or carved shell is in my future.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Bob,
That's wonderful, I am glad you are enjoying the experience so much. I know you will do a great job. I wish I had more time to get out to the shop, pout, sniffle, whine.
To let you know, I enjoy your posts. They're always sincere and thoughtful, not to mention funny! So, carry on, friend, and watch out for those clawed balls! Ouch.
Cheers,
Randy
Bob,
My sister gave me a nice book for my 21st birthday-it is titled "Reproducing Antique Furniture, by Franklin H Gottshall".
The thing to note about it, apart from the working drawings and handsome pieces (ex W. Nutting studio I think)is that there is a happy marriage of hand tools and the usual mechanised stuff.
philip,
I have seen that book but not had the chance to actually read it. I'm going to stop by the library this afternoon as I think they have it. The pics in the Treasury are really fascinating to peruse. It still blows my mind at the details that were obviously done with hand tools.
Gives me a real appreciation/respect for all the folks that make reproductions whether they use power tools or not.
Thanks for the post.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Bob,
You have gotten it all wrong. You have a great and wonderful goal -- to build the wonderful furniture shown to us by Wallace Nutting. But you focus on piddly little things called "tools". Think bigger, Bob. Think about people as being your tools, and tools as the instruments that they use.
Think like Richard Jones. Don't build the furniture yourself. Hire a group of talented artisans, and lead them in the construction of the beautiful furniture. Sgian Dubh is the Dwight D. Eisenhower of woodworking -- a great leader -- a visionary -- a person who makes big things happen.
You can hire people like Ray Pine and Lataxe, and hundreds of others like them (if there are hundreds of people like them???), and hire Philip M and Mike W to make them fine tools. You provide the leadership. MIKE IT HAPPEN, DUDE! You're the man!
Emulate Richard. Don't just build a few pieces. Build the furniture that Nutting showed us for a country -- for the free world!.
Slainte,
Mel
Measure your output in smiles per board foot.
Mel,
I'm too old to start a new venture what with the rising success of the KiddervilleAcres Granite Flake business booming as it is.
Besides, they would get to have all the fun and all I'd get is the money!
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
We were given that book as a wedding gift a shade over 27 years ago. It is a wonderful book; inspiring even to one like me who is far more inadequate that you consider yourself, Bob. And then I have other things about which to feel inadequate, too, such as guitar playing, horsemanship, and grouse shooting...
Joe
"...How in the world did these people create these magnificent pieces from the tools they had at their disposal at the time...."
The tools are as sophisticated and evolved as the furniture. A few of us have been saying that here for a long time.
"The tools are as sophisticated and evolved as the furniture."That's a good way of putting it. The tools are deceptively complex and yet simple. And the tools are evident in the work, but the work is not about that. I think what Bob is responding to is the design and not the craftsmanship. I've met more than a few reproduction furniture makers whose only contact with period furniture was Nutting and books like his express their disappointment or amazement at the generally poor quality of the workmanship.Below is a picture of something I was examining recently. This is a magnificent piece of furniture, very expensive in its day, and highly prized ever since. But notice the double arch mold at right. Follow it down and what do you see? How about the flats on the drawer fronts? Would that be acceptable in your shop? Its hard to tell from the picture but the drawer blades, gallery divider and the blade to the right are all different thicknesses. The miters aren't exactly growing together. I didn't take this picture because I was disappointed with the workmanship. This is just the stuff you see when you look closely. So what makes this piece so magnificent? (I'm sorry I can't show you more of it)Adam
Adam,
"This is just the stuff you see when you look closely. "
My momma had a saying: "Anybody looks that close, is looking too dam' close!"
I believe a couple, maybe more, things are to blame (if I may use that word) for our perception of old work.
We are used to the perfection easily attained with machine technology, and have come to expect it everywhere. Pre-industrial society saw very little in nature that was perfectly flat, or straight, and I believe that the folks back then didn't expect to see perfection in a flat tabletop or a stack of shaped drawer fronts (incidentally, I wonder if one of those drawers was swapped for one on the other side of the interior, at some time). "Flat enough" was not as flat then, as it is to us now. It is a curious fact, that many of the people who exclaim over the "charm" of a period piece, would reject the same "charming" variances on a new piece of work, as shoddy workmanship.
Also, there were different levels of craftsmanship then, as now. There is a fascinating article in one of the "Chipstone" books about a Phila cabinetmaker (Was it Sewell?) who was sued by a patron dissatisfied with the quality of materials and craftsmanship in the high-style furniture built for his new home. The case was settled by arbitration (Quakers didn't like to go to court).
Finally, there is the wear and tear on a piece that occurs with age. When we look at a piece that's a couple hundred years old, we are seeing the history of the piece. Should that drawer be on the other side? Was it skinned, to clean up a ding in a refinishing campaign in 1870? Were those miters always a little open, or has the writing surface sagged a little, and the partition warped, pulling things apart a bit?
Ray
Ray,
Thank you.
Your post reflects exactly what I was thinking, just didn't have the right words to say in my mind. Maybe a slight case of sometimers!? I think it's more likely lack of experience. Perhaps a vacation at Winterthur? I don't think the CFO would approve though!
They do have volume 3 of Nuttings Treasury at the library and will fetch it today along with Gotchalls book.
Viewed a video on making flane finials by Charles Reid. Wow, they aint so tuff! Gotta get that lathe turning!
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Bob,
An easy sell for a vacation to Winterthur is to include Longwood Gardens in the package.
It is also owned be the Duponts. It's impressive any time of year and only a short drive away. If you do get there be sure and see the fountain show at night.
At Winterthur be sure and check out the library. It's second to none for research.
If you're interested I'll give you the name of the B&B we stayed at. It's full of 18th and 19th century furniture. The owner goes out back in the morning and gets eggs for your omelets. It doesn't get any fresher than that.
Peter
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the suggestions but a Winterthur vacation is at least a year away what with all that's on my plate right now. I just inherited a summer cottage that is badly in need of repair. Not too much structurally thank God.
Along with several pieces currently in the works (Queene Anne interpretation), numerous honey do thingys and before long Santa will be calling.
Next year at this time retirement will be very close, then I'll have some time. And yes, I WILL HAVE SOME TIME! Right now I'm in prep. mode; research, collecting a wood stash, etc. Got another batch of handtools that need fettling this winter.
I think I'm as happy as if I were in my right mind!
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
ALL,
I gotta tell ya I'm really glad I started this discussion. You folks are really helping clear the air for me. I have a strong interest in period furniture, especially Queene Anne and it really helps to understand the underlying issues related to the history period furniture.
Nutting goes into some detail about the external influences on these pieces and with you folks help it's not quite so clear as mud to me.
Don't stop! I'm beginning to see the light; hope it's not an oncoming train!
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Bob,
Keep in mind that Nutting wrote the treasury in the '30's. A good bit of what he presents as gospel, has been updated/disproved by more recent scholarship. The series of books published by the Chipstone foundation, and other, more modern publications, are a better source of info on furniture history. But reading Nutting is fun, there's no doubt about that. And much of what he wrote about style and appreciation of same had a lot to do with the way many of us look at antique furniture today.
Ray
Bob, Remember that the cabinet shops of yore had apprentices (i.e. machinery) to do all of the grunt work in stock preparation. Also keep in mind that all of this work you see in museums was built under time pressure. The faster it was built, the greater the profit.
If you ever get the chance, go to Yale and get an appointment to see the Furniture Study. They actually let you handle the furniture, take out drawers, turn it upside down, etc. Once you see the insides, bottoms and backs of these pieces, you will no longer be in awe of their makers.
Also keep in mind that what you see in museums is the "best of the best". The vast majority of furniture built 200 years ago did not survive.
I'm sure you've seen some of Rob Millard's work here on Knots. He uses machines and then removes the machine marks with hand tools. It's the only way he can produce fast enough to make a living.
Dick Dare
Ray & Dick,
Yes I do understand this read was published in 1933 and much has changed. Much in terms of design and art as well. I think/hope that's a good thing. My current interests are in 18th Century furniture, specifically Queene Anne. As such at this point I'm into data collection mode about it.
Just consumed Vol. I and stopped there. I picked up Vol. III and started reading.
I have a newfound appreciation/respect for the author, although am trying to understand a bit about his feelings on furniture design/art as it relates to time periods. I get the impression that Mr. Nutting was well entrenched into the feeling that design/art disappeared after 1830 and also has strong feelings that new is not better. And a strong disdain for machines, not to mention interior designers!
A dry and not exactly subtle sense of humor, but a most enjoyable read. I must admit that I had to force myself to put it down and have dinner for fear of spilling something on the pages. And now I find myself in my woodshop and wondering if he might forgive me for all the power tools I have.
But Mr. Nutting I do have a fairly extensive collection of handtools! I digress.
I want to thank you folks for suggesting I read these tomes, but the backlash might be that you have created a monster. There will no doubt be the inevitable barrage of questions forthcoming. Once I've had a chance to digest this vast knowledge; at least some of it anyway.
Now when I go into antique stores, flea markets and auctions I will no doubt be on the lookout for the Goddard or Townsend labels/signatures.
My best friend (wife) thinks I've either lost my mind or perhaps have a bit of bubbly hidden from her up in the woodshop. I keep telling her that I will soon be embarking on a retirement career, whatever that is.
I get looks from her that I've seen from the cat when I admonish it for doing something stupid. Cats and wives are intrepidly not stupid, just ask them!
I'm having fun with this and that to me is important. As the old saying goes, when it stops being fun you'd better find something alse to do!
Am in search of Mr. Vandals writings. Any suggestioned reading that focus on Queene Ane & Chippendale furniture?
Museums are quite remote from me but am on the trail of whatever I can find that is somewhat close.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
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Bob,
Vandal's "Queen Anne Furniture – History, Design and Construction" has recently been re-published and is available via Lee Valley Tools:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=54157&cat=1,46096,46105
I highly recommend this book...
Paul.
Edited 8/22/2007 12:50 pm ET by pbrenner
Just a little additional information: The drawer bottoms were marked with chalk to keep them straight. Not sure they are interchangeable.
Clearly the upper left and lower right flats on the drawers are very different. Not sure how one could rearrange these to make the difference less noticeable. These could have been repaired. That would explain the difference. But I doubt that's the case. I think this was good enough. And I've seen a lot of stuff like this.
Its funny because the curators don't see such things. Only we do. And I think there's something telling in that. I know I'm not willing to predict what the general public would think of this. The general public aren't like us. They may just as well look at this and think this piece is "perfect".
My feeling is that the period furniture maker was more artist than craftsman as we would define each. This is a beautiful piece of furniture and these inconsistencies don't take anything away from it. (I'm guessing most of us would agree with that).
So my point is only that Bob can do it, and shouldn't allow the curators to convince him that the craftsmanship presented is explempary. There are probably more than a few guys here (I'm thinking of Ray now or my brother Steve) who are just plain better craftsmen.
Adam
Adam & Larry,
Adam: I think what Bob is responding to is the design and not the craftsmanship.
As I'm fairly new into period furniture and am learning as I go, I'm not really sure if my interests are piqued by the design or the execution, i.e. craftsmanship involved. What I'm seeing so far, just up to plate #392, is furniture that, given their dating, must have been difficult at best given what these craftsmen had to work with.
Larry: The tools are as sophisticated and evolved as the furniture.
I'm not sure what you mean by your post, but I suspect that you're suggesting unsophisticated joinery/construction? Perhaps that translates into talent, or the possibly clever use of embellishments to disguise same?
As for the construction details/quality I'm not that far into it yet, I guess. I don't have ready access to a museum to study them more closely so I rely on the WEB, especially Knots and whatever reading matter is available. I've learned a lot about it from my collection of FWW as well and no doubt will learn more. Tonight I hope to get a copy of Gottshalls book to learn more about the construction details.
You two gentlemen probably have more combined experience than I will live long enough to even approach attaining.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Hi Bob,
Because I filter what others are saying through my understanding, my take on what Larry is saying is that the tools used are capable of producing such work. As for Adam's, the tools, though simple in appearance, are capable of such complex tasks (and they are not as simple as they appear).
The work isn't as difficult to do with the tools used as much as more laborious in some aspects. Not so much in others. In fact, most of those pieces contain "parts" or "details" which would be impossible throughout the industrial revolution which forced economy of design on furniture. It is not until fairly recently with the advent of CNC machinery that some of the details could be done by machine--and that would be at a terrible expense.
Here's a thing to consider about design and execution. In India and other SE Asian countries, there are some very complex pieces being reproduced today. Aside from some/much of the apparent quality of the work (and wood choices, dryness and what not), the only way such work can be still done today is with those simple tools by a person wielding them. It is not economical for them to use even the CNC machinery available.
When a maker elects to use these machines, it can be terribly apparent by both the dumbing down of the design and the resultant sterility of the execution.
I think that, sterility of execution, is what is juxtaposed against the designs you are seeing in Nutting--it certainly is what I see especially in comparison to Adam's example. Ray calls it charm in his post that people may be seeing looking at a period piece. I think the eye finds and approves of slight variance and eschews sterility. It is the conscious mind and its "sophisticated understanding" the eye needs to overcome to get a patron to accept this charm in a new piece.
Not all pieces have readily apparent variance. Some of the Phyfe furniture (and that of his contemporaries) appear with a casual look to be uniform, piece to corresponding piece, side to side. But it is there, especially in carved and turned details. Any "sophisticated" patron I made furniture for would heartily accept these variances in a new piece. Yet they wouldn't accept the apparent differences in Adam's picture (which I agree with Ray that drawers may be swapped around).
Enough rambling for the morning. Time to get to work.
Neat thread...
Take care, Mike
Looking through the Treasury one often sees the name Francis P. Garvan. When I went to the Yale Furniture Study WEBpage there is was again:
http://antiquesandthearts.com/CS0-04-03-2001-07-34-25
What an interesting read this is! And this WEBsite has some great info. as well.
Yale Furniture Study: http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/study/study_furniture.html
Also our Taunton friends have this amongst many others: http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/ProjectsAndDesign/ProjectsAndDesignArticle.aspx?id=27177
I know, I'm bouncing around like a button on a backhouse door but I thought I'd share what I am finding.
I have contrived a list of books that should get me started, I think. In the order I found them via Google:
Reproducing Antique Furniture - Franklin H. Gottshall
American Furniture of the 18th Century: History, Technique and Structure - Jefferey P. Greene
Making Antique Furniture Reproductions: Instructions & Measured Drawings for 40 Classic Projects - Franklin H. Gottshall
Glen Hueys Illustrated Guide to Building Period Furniture - Glen Huey
Fine Points of Furniture (the old one not the revised) - Albert Sack
The Cabinetmakers Treasury - F.E. Hoard & A.W. Marlow
Queene Anne Furniture: History, Design and Construction - Norman Vandal
Any suggestion to add to the above?
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Bob,
Look for:
Fake, Fraud, or Genuine? Identifying Authentic American Antique Furniture, by Myrna Kaye, Bulfinch Press, Little Brown and Co
Also, Old Furniture, Understanding the Craftsman's Art, Nancy A. Smith, Bobbs-Merrill,
for an examination of construction methods, and early technology, as seen in old furniture.
John Kirk's American Chairs, Queen Anne and Chippendale has some construction descriptions, and detail photos, along with good descriptions of regional variations in style and consdtruction.
Don't take Gottshaw or Marlowe as the final word revealing how old work was constructed, more as how they chose to interpret it. Adaptation was apparently as good as painstaking duplication, and they often choose to make no distinction between the two in their writings. A Chippendale Coffee Table, New York, Circa 1765??? (Marlowe) And Gottshaws "Colonial Dresser" is no better.
Ray
Bob,
I understand your period furniture obsesion I am the same way. I would highly suggest you look into classes at the olde mill cabinet shop. I have taken classes there. My first (so far only) Queene Anne project is featured in this article http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/ProjectsAndDesign/ProjectsAndDesignArticle.aspx?id=28042
I took this class with Joel and he is a good friend. This was my first period piece. And Gene is a great teacher. I was very nervouse about making a commitment for something so overwhelming as my first big project, especially with all the carving involved, and I had never carved before. But Gene walked me through it. He also taught me so many things that really can only be figured out through years of experiance.
And be careful buying books they are as addictive as buying tools. Remeber there is no such thing as to many books, But there is a such a thing as not enough bookcases.
Talma,
Taking a class like that one is but a dream for me, at least right now. I think it would be great if I could apprentice for a person like Ray Pine for example. But the reality of it is that I work full time at least for the next year anyway. Plus I have an overflowing plate as it is.
Then I hope to retire.....................
So until then I'm in data collection mode and practicing my basic skills and a cabriole leg here and there, making a full scale model of a QE type piece the wife and I designed, perhaps some ball & claw feet.
You're right about the book. I think the addiction could be worse as they aren't typically as expensive on an each basis as tools. When I started with several (16) issues of FWW, it wasn't long B4 I HAD TO HAVE the entire collection, and then a subscription to FWW, about 3 Gig on the PC of plans, How to's, pics, etc. And now what is getting to be a list of period furniture books. Uh Oh!
I see what you mean! <G>
But I don't care 'cause it's all fun to me! I will justify it by saying that at my age I have earned it and it keeps me out of the bars. Yeah right!
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Bob,
regarding Sack's fine points of furniture - I have both, and find the newer to be much better presented. If it's from the library, read both, but if you are spending your dollars, I believe that you would be better served by the newer version.
Why? The newer is mostly in color and the pictures are clearer and the organization is much better.
This book is very light on verbiage, only one pic per piece, and useful only to give you an idea of the variety of trim. There is not enough to really build from in there, but dreams? - yes!!
The greene and vandal books would be near the top of my list. FWIW
Mike
Oh and by the way, Winterthur? Having just been there, I dont think I could make much more than 2 days of it - Colonial Williamsburg, I could make a week of that place easy! mike
mb,
But, don't you think that the 2d book is more gentle in its criticism? Fewer "here's a dog, and this is why" comments than the first book. Photos are better tho, in #2.
Ray
Bob, If you've really got the Queen Anne bug, log onto http://www.sapfm.org and see what period furniture is all about. BTW Gene Landon won the society's Cartouche award for lifetime achievement. There is an amazing wealth of knowledge available on the site.
Dick
Dick,
WOW!
Now there's some consumation I haven't seen.
First look takes me back to Taunton, i.e. Details by Lonnie Bird. This will be fun! Damn you, it never ends! I think you just pointed me to a site that will take me months to explore.
Whatta are ya trying to do, keep me from posting here so often?
Thank you very much!
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
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Ray,
I would agree as to the comments, but I treat it more as a "grade book" showing how various levels of skill approach a form.
The few comments are forgettable, but the pictures are the stuff of dreams.
Mike
For detailed studies of the construction methods of the Newport cabinetmakers see Michael Moses Master Craftsmen of Newport, The Townsends and Goddards Now sadly out of print copies have sold for serious prices, so you will have to find it through your local library (it's worth the effort to request it through interlibrary loan.)
Of, course there are lots of good "catalog" books published by the major museums--Winterthur, Metropolitan (New York), Colonial Williamsburg, Yale, and others. They usually describe construction, but seldom have pictures of inner details.
And, as mentioned by another, the American Furniture annuals published by the Chipstone Foundation, give a glimpse into the serious scholarship behind museum conservation, and is profusely illustrated with detail photographs.
I also second SAPFM (Society of American Period Furniture Makers) as an source of information. Their semi-annual seminar sessions are excellent examples of the work of very talented makers of reproduction furniture. They have January sessions held during the January "Working Wood in the Eighteenth Century" presented by Colonial Williamsburg (in conjunction with Fine Woodworking.) These are absolutely worth the trip, but plan ahead since the sessions are booked up almost instantly.
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Thanks Steve,
I just found out about interlibrary loaning today. DUH on me!
I've collected a list from the generous posts in this discussion to give to the local library and just added your suggestion.
Most appreciated,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Edited 8/22/2007 9:13 pm ET by KiddervilleAcres
Hey Steve,
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=Master+Craftsmen+of+Newport%2C+The+Townsends+and+Goddards&x=36&y=10
Do you provide financing!? Yikes, that book must be some serious tool!
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
That's why I mentioned inter-library loan.
By the way, you can still buy a new copy. Jeffery Greene (whose book is one of the lists in this thread) sells his reproductions out of his store called The Ball and Claw, in Newport RI. His web pages http://www.theballandclaw.com have a copy listed at $2,000.
Fortunately, I bought my copy at the original publication price. And, yes, that is a gloat, and no, it isn't for sale.
Steve,
Thanks, too funny.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
If you like Wallace Nutting then try Albert Sack "The new fine points of Furniture"
That is if you can find a copy.
Mark
Hi Mark,
It's on my list. Off to the library. If they don't have it they have every library in the state to search so maybe I'll get luckt as they say. Not a big state though........
Thanks,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
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HI All,
Just got back from vacation during which time I did a fair amount of reading, Volumes I, II & III of The Furniture Treasury. Great stuff. My only complaint was with Vol. III, it jumps all over the place as to references to pics/drawings.
Oh how I hate it when I have to flip back and forth! Must be an old age thing!?
Also, just got Sacks Fine Points of Furniture which is also a good read.
I wanted to thank all you folks for the suggestions regarding books to read.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
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