Antique Early American Country Furniture Detailed Drawings Photos / Scarce Book

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Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs, this early out-of-print book provides information on identification and construction techniques of   primitive antique North American furniture.
ANTIQUE COUNTRY FURNITURE OF NORTH AMERICA
.  By John G. Shea, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1975.
Profusely illustrated in black-and-white, this authoritative text covers by chapter:  Historical Background of Regional Designs (Spanish Colonial, New England Colonial, Dutch Colonial, Pennsylvania German, French Canadian, American Shaker Connecticut Hitchcock, Southern Plantation, Main Curiosities Ohio Zoar, Norwegian American, and Texas German);  Country Categories: Comparison of Regional Influences (Chairs, Rockers, Settles, Benches and Sofas, Tables, Beds, Cradles, Chests, Desks, Chest of Drawers, Cupboards, Buffets, and more); Country Construction (Template Transfers of Scrollwork, Edge shapes, Applied Moldings, End Cleats, Edge Joints, Dado Joints, Lapped Joints, Dovetail Joints, Dovetailed Construction, Hinged Joints, Mortise & Tenon Joints, Cabriole Legs, Pegleg Construction, Scrolled Paneling, and Turning With Templates);  Measured Drawings of Country Classics (numerous line drawings outlining features and dimensions of approximately 90 furniture items.  There is a Bibliography for further study and a complete Index.   The narrative in this book is rich, the photography is superb, and the captions are most complete.  This is an invaluable resource reference book for the serious collector, dealer, or historian of early American furniture.
8.5” x 10.9” softback in very good condition.  228 pages.
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