Constructing Medieval Furniture
by Daniel Diehl
Softcover
215 x 280mm
180pp
Published
by Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania USA
R.R.P.$35.90
ISBN 0-8117-2795-5
Extract from back cover of book:
Constructing Medieval Furniture offers you designs for building 16 reproductions of furnishings from the Middle Ages. The detailed plans are based on careful study and measurement of rare originals, and the complete, step-by-step instructions, materials lists, and notes on woodworking, metalworking, and finishes provide you with the means for recreating these pieces accurately in your own home shop. Everything you need to furnish a well-appointed manor house is included:
Illustrations: Black & White
Units of Measurement: Imperial
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Woodworking Notes
Metalworking Notes
Finishes
Fifteenth-Century Bench
Painted Wall Hanging
Fourteenth-Century Reading Desk
High Table
Oxford Chest
Vestment Chest
Ambry Cupboard
Cutule Chair
Candlestand
Monastic Canopy Bed
Fifteenth-Century Window Frame
Wine Cabinet
Gothic Cradle
Fifteenth-Century Door
Glastonbury Chair
Mirrored Wall Sconce
Appendix A: Furniture Locations
Appendix B: Sources of Medieval Accoutrements
Index