Making Authentic Craftsman Furniture " Heath records that history

" Heath records that history with the scholarly comprehension and comprehensiveness that marks this work as obviously classic now as when it first appeared in 1921

The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director is an indispensable guide for antiquarians

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Making Authentic Craftsman Furniture " Heath records that historyRejecting the "badly constructed, over ornate, meaningless" furniture of the late Victorian period, architect, furniture designer and manufacturer Gustav Stickley developed a radical new design concept that stressed careful workmanship, simplicity, and utility. His important monthly magazine The Craftsman (190116) published construction plans for his distinctly American furniture. The 62 simple, straightforward projects reprinted here exquisite