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Bird, Lonnie.

Taunton's complete illustrated guide to period furniture details / Complete illustrated guide to period furniture details Period furniture details Lonnie Bird. - Newtown, CT : [New York] : Taunton Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, ©2003. - 138 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Includes index.

Includes index.

Section 1. Moldings -- Ogees -- Coves -- Beads -- Crown Moldings -- Dentail Moldings -- Section 2. Legs -- Tapers -- Knee Blocks -- Cabriole Leg -- Section 3. Tabletops -- Scalloped Top -- Dished Top -- Rule Joints -- Section 4. Feet -- Pad Foot -- Trifid Foot -- Ball and Claw Foot -- Flat Base -- Ogee Feet -- Section 5. Bedposts -- Bedposts -- Section 6. Chairs -- Splats -- Arm and Post -- Chair Legs -- Chair Shoe -- Side Rails -- Section 7. Casework -- Dovetails -- Template Shaped Components -- Gooseneck Molding -- Arched Molding -- Rosettes -- Finials -- Doors -- Flutes and Reeds -- Base and Capital Molding -- Candle-Slide.

"This step-by-step pictorial reference covers all the signature details of period furniture. Organized for quick access, this book makes it easy to find each technique. Over 400 photos and drawings illustrate the methods from half-blind dovetails to gooseneck molding. Book jacket."--Jacket.

ISBN: 1561585904 9781561585908

Source: 1183694 QBI

LCCN: 2003005688

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Furniture making.
Furniture, Colonial--Reproduction.--United States
Furniture--History.

LC Class. No.: TT195 / .B573 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 684.1