num_pages: 128
description: Rejecting 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 examples of Stickley's classic designs  first appeared in The Craftsman between 1903 and 1907. Included are projects large and small enough to satisfy the household needs and creative urges of any woodworker. Make authentic reproductions of handsome functional sturdy Craftsman home furnishings from bookcases to bedsteads dressers to dining tables a hall tree a foot rest a wood-box and more  future family heirlooms that will stand the test of time both in durability and in clean elegant purity of line. Each project includes Stickley's original information for woodworkers of the early 1900 a perspective drawing of the completed piece; a brief description of the item with suggestions for appropriate choices of wood; a mill bill giving complete lumber specifications; and schematic drawings showing both front and side views with accurate measurements.All woodworkers even beginners will delight in this collection of genuine Stickley plans for 62 of the finest most desirable pieces of Craftsman or mission-style furniture. Antique collectors furniture restorers and historians of American style also will appreciate the detailed information on an influential design movement enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
language: English
title: Making Authentic Craftsman Furniture: Instructions and Plans for 62 Projects
publisher: Dover Publications