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American Painted Furniture
Cynthia V. A. Schaffner & Susan Klein, 1997, Random House, 223 pages.
Display of clocks, Windsor chairs, gilded looking glasses, pier tables,
and klismos chairs by region. Illustrated with more than three hundred
photographs. Special sections explain painting and gilding techniques, and
there is an appendix with a source directory and a glossary of terms.
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American Windsor Chairs
Nancy Goyne Evans, 1996, Hudson Hill Press, 744 pages.
Comprehensive history of windsor chairs with extensive photographs.
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American Windsor Furniture: Specialized
Forms
Nancy Goyne Evans,1998, Hudson Hill Press, 240 pages.
A continuation of the in-depth study of windsor style, including
specialty items, rockers, settees and more.
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The Art of Chair-Making
Kerry Pierce, 1998, Sterling Publishing, 144 pages.
Directions for Windsor, post & rung & ladderback.
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The Book of American Windsor
Furniture
John Kassay, 1998, UofMA Press, 208 pages.
A concise history of Windsor furniture styles with numerous black
& white photos. Measured drawings of over 30 Windsor projects makes
this a real reference for chairmakers.
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The Chairmaker's Workshop: Handcrafting Windsor & Post &
Rung Chairs
Drew Langsner, 1997, Lark Press, 352 pages.
Directions & patterns for post & rung & Windsor chairs.
Lots of detail on processes and making the necessary tools. Available
with an enlarged pattern set for a sack-back, continuous arm, sack-back settee,
bow-back, comb-back.
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Country Chair Making
Jack Hill, 1993, Sterling Publishing, 152 pages
Directions for stools, ladderbacks, and Windsor chairs with some
history.
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The English Regional Chair
Bernard D. Cotton, Antique Collector's Club, 2001, 512 pages.
Detailed study of the work of hundreds of craftsmen throughout the country.
The evolution of known types and makes. A fascinating account of the development
of hundreds of chair types from all over England, and the lives of the craftsmen
who produced them: 'Windsor', 'ladder back' and 'spindle back'.
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English Windsor Chair
Thomas Crispin, May 1992, 208 pages International Publ. Co. Inc.
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English Windsor Chairs: Shire Album 70, Vol.
70
Ivan Sparkes, Paperback, 32pp, July 2001
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Make a Windsor Chair with Michael
Dunbar
Michael Dunbar, Taunton Press, 1984, 166 pages
A step by step guide to building a sack back windsor chair. Also directions
for a continuous-arm, and patterns for both.
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Measured Drawings of 18th Century American
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Traditional Furniture
Projects
Taunton Press, 1991, 127 pages. Includes profiles of several New England
Windsor chair makers.
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Traditional Windsor Chair Making with Jim
Rendi
Jim Rendi with Douglas Congdon-Martin, Schiffer Press, 1993, 112
pages. A step by step guide to building a comb back windsor chair from log
to completion.
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Welsh Stick Chairs: A Workshop Guide to the Windsor
Chair
John Brown,1996 Linden Press, 94 pages. Traditional rustic
Windsors.
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The Windsor Chair: An Illustrated
Celebration
Michael Harding-Hill , Hardcover: 208 pages Publisher: Antique
Collectors Club; (September 2003)
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The Windsor Chair
T.H. Ormsbee, Deerfield Books, 1962 (out of
print)
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The Windsor Chair: An Illustrated
Handbook
Wallace Nutting, 2001, Dover Publications,192 pages.
Profusely illustrated book—identifies over 100 different types
of Windsor chairs and other furniture. Full-page photos of chairs and furniture.
Text describes condition, merit, rarity, date of manufacture, and
ownership.
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Windsor-chair Making in America: From Craft Shop to
Consumer
Nancy Goyne Evans (Hardcover - January 2006), 528 pages, University
Press of New England
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Windsor Chairmaking
Thomas Moser, 1982, Sterling Press, 192 Pages. Technique and
plans. (out of print)
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NEW!
Windsor Chairmaking [Hardcover]
James Mursell, Crowood Press, 2010 - 176 pages
The 260-year-old history of Windsor chairs, comparing designs from England
and America. Tools, techniques, selection of materials and the sensitive
shaping of the components that lead to a fine chair are covered. Detailed
plans and measurements for four chairs (two English, two American) are provided
with guidance and techniques on how to design a chair from scratch.
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A Windsor Handbook: Compromising Illustrations & Descriptions
of Windsor Furniture of All Periods
Wallace Nutting, Tuttle Press, 1984 (out of
print)
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The Windsor Style in America, Volumes I &
II
Charles Santore, Courage Books,1997, 501 pages.
Elaborately illustrated history of windsor chairs and chairmakers
with drawings & photos. Discusses chairmakers & markings
as well.
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The Woodwright's Apprentice:
20 Favorite Projects from the Woodwright Shop
Roy Underhill, Uof NC Press, 1996, 208 pages.
Includes directions for a revolving Windsor chair.
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