Making a Crust Tea Table
A step-by-step guide to creating an
American Classic
by Tom Heller & Ron Clarkson
Softcover
215 x 280mm
144pp
Published
by Schiffer Publishing, West Chester, Pennsylvania USA
R.R.P.$39.90
ISBN 0-88740-616-5
Extract from back cover of book:
Following upon the success of their first book, The Queen Anne Stool, Tom Heller and Ron Clarkson decided to offer a book about building one of the most desirable pieces of American furniture: the piecrust tea table. This tilting top table has the high elegance of eighteenth century design. The top has a beautifully sculpted molding, resting upon an open-styled birdcage. This rotates on a finely contoured and turned pillar adorned at the vase with acanthus leaves, balancing on a delicate ring of pearls which end in a ribbon and flower design. The cabriole legs are adorned with acanthus leaves at the knees and end in a strongly taloned ball and claw foot.
Every step, from cutting and turning to carving and finishing, is explained in step-by-step photographs. These are accompanied with by concise descriptions of the techniques involved. While requiring some basic woodworking skills, this book is designed for cabinet makers and carvers of all levels of experience, so they may produce this treasure of furniture for themselves.
About
the Authors: Thomas L. Heller is a traditional furniture maker in Philadelphia,
Pennyslvania. A graduate of the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Sciences,
he specializes in American 18th century design. He creates reproduction and custom
furniture of this and other periods as well as marketing the materials for fine
furniture to amateur furniture makers. In addition to his own business, he is
a Conservation Technician at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He has exhibited
at the New York School of Design and has created a hand-crafted reproduction of
the "Wick Desk" at the Morristown Historical Park.
Ronald Clarkson
works out of his studio in Chestertown, Maryland. He has worked at the art of
cabinetmaking for over twenty years, creating formal Queen Anne and Chippendale
furniture.
Photos: Colour
Units of Measurement: Imperial
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Piecrust Tea Table
The Gallery