Shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture: 23 American Arts & Crafts Masterpieces

Greene & Greene furniture, widely recognized as the finest expression of the American Arts & Crafts movement, is presented here for the first time as working shop drawings. Featuring accurate front, side, and top views, complete cutting lists, and comprehensive section and detail views, these drawings offer today's woodworkers a unique opportunity to reproduce the rare furniture line, which has often been photographed but not presented in such detail. Including introductory chapters on both the Greenes and the Halls, an extensive discussion covers suitable woods and finishes and provides solid technical information on how to make such characteristic Greene & Greene details as proud ebony plugs and splines, breadboard ends, and cloud lifts.

Bob Lang is Senior Editor for Popular Woodworking magazine, Bob Lang is Senior Editor for Popular Woodworking magazine, and the author of six books including Shop Drawings for Crafand the author of six books including Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, More Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture,tsman Furniture, More Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, and Shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture. and Shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture.

Projects include...Blacker Medicine CabinetBlacker Hall SeatBlacker Night TableBolton ChairBolton Hall TableBolton Plant StandBush Curio CabinetFreeman Ford Serving TableGamble BedGamble BookcaseGamble ChiffonierGamble Entry TableGamble Kitchen CabinetsGamble Kitchen TableGamble MorrorCharles Greene SideboardRobvinson Dining TableRobinson Side and Arm ChairThorsen Serving TableThorsen Plant StandTichenor Bedroom ChestTownsend Occasional TablesGreene & Greene furniture, widely recognized as the finest expression of the American Arts & Crafts movement, is presented here for the first time as working shop drawings.Featuring accurate front, side, and top views, with comprehensive section and detail views, these drawings offer today's woodworkers a long-awaited opportunity to reproduce these furniture masterpieces, which have often been photographed but never before presented in such detail. Introductory chapters explain who were the Greene brothers and how they created their extraordinary furniture and houses in Southern California at the turn of the last century. Technical chapters cover suitable woods and finishes and provide solid information on how to make such characteristic Greene & Greene details as proud plugs and splines, breadboard ends, and cloud lifts.Robert W. Lang is senior editor at Popular Woodwroking magazine and the author of Bob Lan's The Complete Kitchen Cabinetmaker, MORE Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays and Hardware, and Shop Drawings for Craftsman Interiors. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Greene & Greene furniture, widely recognized as the finest expression of the American Arts & Crafts movement, is presented here for the first time as working shop drawings. Featuring accurate front, side, and top views, complete cutting lists, and comprehensive section and detail views, these drawings offer today's woodworkers a unique opportunity to reproduce the rare furniture line, which has often been photographed but not presented in such detail. Including introductory chapters on both the Greenes and the Halls, an extensive discussion covers suitable woods and finishes and provides solid technical information on how to make such characteristic Greene & Greene details as proud ebony plugs and splines, breadboard ends, and cloud lifts.

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