Furniture Making – Designs, Working Drawings, and Complete Details of 170 Pieces of Furniture, with Practical Information on Their Construction

This vintage book contains comprehensive instructions for designing and constructing a range of furniture from simple footstools to ornate folding tables. With complete, step-by-step instructions and useful diagrams, this volume is ideal for anyone with an interest in making their own furniture. Contents include: “Easily-made Gate-let and Draw-Leaf Tables”, “Design for a Draw-leaf Table”, “Preparing the Legs”, “Side and End Rails”, “Cents Rail”, “Table Top and Leaves”, “Guides and Slides”, “Real and Imitation Stained Glass Work”, “Engraving on Metal Surfaces”, “Three Easily-made Footstools”, “Fumigating a Room”, et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with its original artwork and text.

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