Editorial Reviews
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Mirrors, racks, shelves, sewing stands, footstools, cupboards, and more.
From the Back Cover
Carefully detailed, time-tested guides to building Shaker furniture and woodenware
"Ejner Handberg had an eye for some of the best of Shaker design. Both beginning and longtime admirers of Shaker work will find pleasure and instruction in these simple, straightforward pages." -June Sprigg, prolific author of Shaker subjects and formerly Curator of Collections, Hancock Shaker Village, Massachusetts
In harmony with the Shaker spirit, the three volumes of Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware emphasize simplicity, precision and utility. With over 100,000 copies in print and nearly twenty years of service to cabinetmakers and antiques collectors worldwide, these highly respected books have established themselves as an authoritative source. No furniture makers, antique lovers, libraries or museums should be without them.
Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware, Vols. 1, 2, 3
The three volumes provide accurate scale drawings of such sought-after Shaker items as:
Bed
Blanket Chest
Candlestand Chest of Drawers
Dining Table
Drop-leaf Tables High Cupboard Chests
Lantern
Mt. Lebanon Chairs Oval Boxes
Oval top table
Revolving stool Round pedestal table
School desk
Settee Sewing table
Shaker stove
Step stool Storage bench
Tall Case Clock
Towel racks Trestle tables
Wall clock
Wall cupboard Knobs, drawer pulls, and Wall-pegs
Volumes 2 and 3 provide photographs of many Shaker pieces.
Ejner Handberg (1902-1985) was born in Denmark, emigrated to America, and for many years was a cabinetmaker in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he helped design and build Norman Rockwell's studio.
Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture & Woodenware, Volume 2 (Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture & Woodenware),Ejner Handberg,Berkshire House Publishers,093639918X,Antiques / Collectibles,Crafts & Hobbies,Drawings,Furniture,General,Hobbies/Crafts,Measured drawing,Shaker furniture,Woodwork - General
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