One of the kitchens among those in the book I’m writing for Lost Art Press is in a newly built house on a hilltop in a spectacular rural location. When the clients first contacted me about their kitchen, they described the architectural character of the house as “farmhouse style.” But their architect’s drawings – beautiful…
One of the interesting forms I didn’t get to discuss in “Campaign Furniture,” is the portable library writing table. It’s typically a three-piece affair – the desktop lifts off the two pedestals for travel. The version shown above is from the 1907 Army & Navy Co-Operative Society catalog, though the form appears over and over…
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With “Campaign Furniture” shipping out of the warehouse (we should be current on orders by Monday), one would think I am sick of the style. Or that at least I would take a break. Quite the opposite. When I finished my first book on workbenches in 2007, I plowed forward with research into other forms,…
To make the conical mortise for a piece of staked furniture, I first bore a hole that is the smallest size of the overall joint – typically 5/8” in diameter. Then I follow that up with a tapered reamer that turns the cylindrical mortise into a cone-shaped mortise. There are lots of good ways to…
19th Century Belt Buckles from the area near Lübeck, Northern Germany. State Museums of Berlin, Prussian Cultural Heritage, Folklore Museum. Butcher Scene Emblems of the Joiner Emblems of the Carpenter Share this: Print Email Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Twitter Like this: Like Loading…
Whenever woodworkers come to my house, two things happen. We drink beer and we gaze longingly at my 18th-century copies of A.-J. Roubo’s ‘l’Art du Menuisier.” I assure you that we keep the beer far away from the books. I’ve owned many copies of Roubo, from the trade paperbacks all the way up to this…
Rose hip, oak leaves and acorns, sweet briar rose (eglantine) and sunflower. “With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine…” Many English misericords have a central carving with a ‘surround’ to either side. The surround may have additonal figures that add to the central theme or they may be purely decorative. Maybe because it is May and…
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