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Windsor Chairmaking Ref: JMWC

This book is the first new book about the making and design of Windsor chairs for over 10 years. James Mursell has written it with a broad readership in mind. It is aimed not only at existing Windsor chairmakers but also at those who are perhaps contemplating making their first chair.

Detailed plans are included for two English and two American chairs. It is also aimed at those who are interested in both English and American Windsor chairs - dealing with them together throughout the book for the first time.

Those who wish to make chairs in the same way that they were made in the 18th century will find Chapter 7 particularly interesting, as it discusses the lessons to be learned from the toolmarks left by an English maker on a chair dating from around 1750.

Finally Chapter 8 covers design and looks at the subtle messages that can be sent out by a chair which can be interpreted in the same way as human body language.

The book had 192 pages and is filled with colour photographs and line drawings throughout.

Chapter headings;

* Introduction
* Historical background
* Materials, equipment and tools
* Processes and techniques
* Two English chairs including plans
* Two American chairs including plans
* Lessons from the past
* Body language of chairs: shape and design
* Other Windsor furniture

Price: £19.95

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Bernard Cotton, THE ENGLISH REGIONAL CHAIR Ref: CHT9009

The most complete and authoratative study of this piece of English furniture. Detailed survey of 1000s of chairs and 100s of makers. The author gives a lively account of the development of hundreds of chair types from all over England, and the lives of the craftsmen who made them.

Price: £49.50

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FW, DESIGNING AND BUILDING CHAIRS Ref: CHT9008

This is a compilation of the best articles on chair design and building taken from Fine Woodworking magazine from: Garrett Hack, Sam Maloof, Harriet Hodges, Will Neptune, Christian Becksvoort, Reg Alexander and others. Chapters include: Chair Making Basics; Working Green Wood; Compound-Angle Joinery; Shaping the Arm of a Chair; Making Chair Seats, carved softwood ones, coopered and woven ones; Finishes and Finishing Chairs. Projects include: Building an Arts & Crafts chair; Shaker rocker and a Shaker revolving chair; oval Chippendale stools and a bowback Windsor chair. Many specific instructional colour photographs and b&w drawings.

Price: £12.99

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Nancy Goyne Evans, WINDSOR CHAIR MAKING IN AMERICA: From Craft Shop to Consumer Ref: CHT9210

Drawing largely from original sources this definitive study chronicles the making and development of the most important and used American chair. Part 1 deals with the Craft of the Chairmaker: The craftsman; the master; the apprentice; partnerships; migration; working hours and wages; merchants and trade organisations; business reverses and disasters; prison work; facilities equipment and materials; construction and design. Part 2 deals with Merchandising and Consumerism; marketing and markets; early 19th century trade, both coastal and foreign; inland distribution; sales techniques; payment; transportation and packaging; the role of the Windsor seating in American life.

Price: £45.00

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Michael Harding-Hill, WINDSOR CHAIRS Ref: CHT0060

More than 150 colour plates illustrate the best of Windsor chairs from the earliest stick-backs of the 18th century through to those mass produced for offices, schools and others during the 19th century. There is also a special section on American Windsors and it ends with the story of this chair through the 20th century.

Price: £25.00

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John Kassay, THE BOOK OF AMERICAN WINDSOR FURNITURE: Styles and Technologies Ref: CHT0157

Included are chairs of every description, as well as stools, tables, settees, cradles and candle stands. Particular woods were used for different components of chairs: ash, hickory and red oak for bending, maple for turning and pine for seats. Kassay meticulously documents all features and exact measurements of 198 pieces and includes 34 full page drawings with measurements. The draughtsmanship is to the very high standard of Kassay's book on Shaker furniture.

Price: £45.00

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Jeff Miller, CHAIRMAKING AND DESIGN Ref: CHT9010

This 2nd. edition in 2006 gives plans for seven chairs and instructions broken down into tasks that are easy to manage. The author demystifies the art of making chairs, which to many amateur woodworkers is intimidating. All the illustrations are specifically instructive; from the diagrammatic detailed drawings to the photographs showing just how to hold tools and perform the specific tasks with them.

Price: £16.95

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Muller & Rieman, THE SHAKER CHAIR Ref: CHT0100

An extensive text, heavily illustrated and with an insert of plans. This is the finest study of the quintessential Shaker object: the chair. Much original source material has been gathered here, diaries, letters, bills of sale and lading, contemporary photographs, postcards, advertisements and catalogues. Full description of types of chairs, dating of various forms and an account of manufacturing processes.

Price: £24.95

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Phoenix Chair Co., AMERICAN WOODEN CHAIRS 1895 - 1908 Ref: CHT9032

The Phoenix Chair Company was one of the largest manufacturers of wooden chairs at the end of the 19th century. The factory employed up to 500 men and occupied 18 acres of land in Sheboygan Wisconsin. This catalogue shows illustrations of 720 different patterns of wooden chairs in oak walnut, elm and other woods with $ prices. A huge collection of chair patterns.

Price: £24.95

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Aldren A Watson, COUNTRY FURNITURE Ref: CHT0171

The author describes the process of furniture design, carefully delineating the fine details and instructing the reader or how best to accommodate their particular designs. The commentary is helped by meticulous illustrations.

Price: £11.99

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