Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Period Furniture Details

by Lonnie Bird

Book Overview

This new paperback expands on the techniques covered in Shaping Wood. It covers joinery relating to 18th-century furniture styles, as well as the demanding techniques required to complete ornate period pieces. Turning and carving, as well as building accurately, are all included in a highly visual format. Over 400 photos and drawings illustrate the methods -- from half-blind dovetails to gooseneck moldings. If you love...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561585904
• ISBN13: 9781561585908
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

good tips for furniture projects

This is pretty comprehensive for someone interested in or embarking on a period project. the descriptions and pictures are clear and detailed, although most will be familiar with the subjects and possibly have their own method of working, it's good to have a view on how someone else tackles the problems that can be encountered. The Author needs no introduction to woodworkers, (especially in the USA) and has complied this book carefully, a lot of effort has gone into the illustration, a good buy, worth the money.

good book

This book was exactly what I was looking for. It is very concise and shows multiple ways of making several of the details. I would recommend this book.

Details Add Value

This is a valuable aid in making details. Another reviewer states that 80% of the book is in another book by Bird. This might be a bit of an over statement - no matter if just 20% is new material the book is worth it. I own both of the books he addresses - I noticed the duplication right away. The real question is "will this book make you a better period furniture maker?" I am 57 years old - own every tool required to make period furiture - hold a Masters certification from Marc Adams School of Woodworking - have taken course work with some of the top people in the field - I am now working on a Philidelphia Low Boy and am wooking with Allan Breed (instructor) - and this book is helpful and even insightful. I know at least four of the eighteen of us in class have purchased this book.