Antique American New England Pine Furniture – Patterns Mfgr. Techniques / Book

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”This long-time classic depicts over 200 examples of the pine furniture of early New England.  The text provides rules-of-thumb which will enable you to assess and classify almost any article of 17th and 18th century New England pine furniture.”
THE PINE FURNITURE OF EARLY NEW ENGLAND
, by Russell Hawes Kettell, Dover Publications Inc., NY,  1929/ 1956.
284 black-and-white photographs and detailed line drawings cover virtually every aspect and type of Colonial pine furniture.  Over 200 examples are pictured including  highboys, pipe boxes, ball-foot chests, settles, candle stands, various kinds of tables, weather vanes, desks, dressers, cupboards, pier glasses, “Chinese” courting mirrors, rushlighs, tavern signs, and more.    Covered by chapter are:  Material; Construction; Hardware; Wall Boxes; Chests; Stools and Benches; Stands and Tables; Desks; Shelves and Cupboards; Finish; Signs and Weather Vanes; Mirrors; Lights; Drawings; and A Short List of Books and Museums.  Each black-and-white picture is described in-depth. In addition, there are 55 working plans and drawings that make this a unique handicraft manual for amateur and professional woodworkers.  This large text is an invaluable resource reference book for the collector, dealer, or historian of early American furniture.
8.1” x 10.9 hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  477 pages.
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