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Below are books that I have found both inspiring and informative. Click on the title for a link to Amazon.com | |
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Greene & Greene: |
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Greene
& Greene By Edward R. Bosley ---- very detailed ---- pricey but well worth it! |
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& Greene: Furniture and Related Designs By Randall L. Makinson ---- my copy is well worn! |
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Greene
& Greene: The Passion and the Legacy By Randall L. Makinson - fabulous photos! |
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Greene
& Greene: The Blacker House By Randall L. Makinson
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Greene
& Greene: Masterworks By Bruce Smith & Alexander Vertikoff ----a very fine book! very informative with great photos |
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Images
of the Gamble House: Masterwork of Greene & Greene By Jeanette A. Thomas
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| Stickley: |
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The
Furniture of Gustav Stickley : History, Techniques, Projects by Joseph J. Bavaro, Thomas L. Mossman (Contributor), Joseph J. Baravro ---- a biography and furniture plans - |
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Craftsman Furniture Catalogs : Unabridged Reprints of Two Mission Furniture
Catalogs by George Stickley, Gustav Stickley, L. Stickley, J. G. Stickley (Contributor)
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| Arts & Crafts Furniture: (Various) |
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Roycroft
Furniture Catalog, 1906
by Roycrofters |
| photo unavailable | Limbert's
Arts Crafts Furniture by Charles P Limbert Co. ---- catalog reprint - many very interesting pieces of furniture --- out of print - but worth a search
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Arts and Crafts Furniture : The Complete 1903 Catalog (Dover Books on Antiques
and Furniture)
by Charles P Limbert Co. |
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Arts
and Crafts Furniture : The Complete Brooks Catalog of 1912 ---- some interesting pieces - some odd stuff too |
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Young Arts and Crafts Furniture : 181 Photographs ---- catalog reprint - much like Stickley but some interesting stuff
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| Arts & Crafts Movement :(Various) |
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The
Art That Is Life : The Art & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920
by Wendy Kaplan ---- the history and philosophy of the American Arts & Crafts Movement |
| photo unavailable | Arts
& Crafts Style
---- also the history and philosophy of the Arts & Crafts movement but more on the English/European origins
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Inside
the Bungalow : America's Arts & Crafts Interior
by Paul Duchscherer, Douglas Keister (Photographer) ---- beautiful photos and informative text ! |
| photo unavailable | Bernard
Maybeck : Visionary Architect
by Sally Byrne Woodbridge, Richard Barnes (Photographer) ---- a very interesting person (Maybeck) - a real free thinker!
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Furniture Making and Furniture Design |
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Encyclopedia
of Furniture Making
---- a must have for serious furniture makers! - a wealth of information
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Gentleman
and Cabinet Maker Director by Thomas Chippendale ---- very ornate busy designs but worth studying the proportioning and balance |
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& Crafts Design : A Selected Reprint of Industrial Arts Design
---- the BEST book I have found on furniture design!!!
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| photo unavailable | Planecraft
by C.W. Hampton, Clifford E. Hampton ---- a wonderful book on hand planes published 1934 - out of print but worth a search
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| photo unavailable | Adventures
in Wood Finishing
by George Frank ---- a quirky book that reads like a novel - very fun! - out of print but worth a search
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James Krenov: |
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A
Cabinetmaker's Notebook
---- anything by Krenov is very inspiring ! |
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The
Impractical Cabinetmaker
by James Krenov |
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The
Fine Art of Cabinetmaking by James Krenov
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