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Books-Chairs/Chairmaking |
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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 Furniture |
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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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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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