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It's hard to winnow down a list of just the best books, but we're going to try right here. This list is also functioning as a sort of inventory/wish list for me, feel free to crib it for yourself, may your bookcases hold up.
It's hard to winnow down a list of just the best books, but we're going to try right here. This list is also functioning as a sort of inventory/wish list for me, feel free to crib it for yourself, may your bookcases hold up.


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|American Country Furniture
|Nick Engler and Mary Jane Favorite
|Rodale
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|American Furniture (series 1993-Present)
|edited by Luke Beckerdite
|Chipstone Foundation
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|American Furniture of the 18th Century
|Jeffrey P. Greene
|Taunton
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|American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
|Morrison H. Heckscher
|Random House
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|American Furniture: The Federal Period
|Charles F. Montgomery
|Viking
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|American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods
|Joseph Downs
|Bonanza
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|The Book of Shaker Furniture
|John Kassay
|University of Massachusetts
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|Chinese Domestic Furniture
|Gustav Ecke
|Dover
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|The Encyclopedia of Furniture
|Joseph Aronson
|Crown
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|Fine Furniture for a Lifetime
|Glen D. Huey
|Popular Woodworking Books
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|Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement
|David M. Cathers
|Turn of the Century Editions
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|The Furniture Masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour
|Robert D. Mussey Jr
|Peabody Essex Museum
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|Furniture Treasury Vols. 1 & 2
|Wallace Nutting
|Macmillan
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|Greene & Greene: Furniture and Related Designs
|Randell L. Makinson
|Peregrine Smith
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|Greene & Greene Furniture: Poems of Wood & Light
|David Mathias
|Popular Woodworking Books
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|The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture
|Howard Pain
|Key Porter
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|How to Build Shaker Furniture, Revised Edition
|Thos. Moser
|Sterling
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|John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker
|Morrison H. Heckscher
|Yale University Press
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|Mackintosh Furniture
|Roger Billcliffe
|Cameron & Hollis
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|Making Antique Furniture Reproductions
|Franklin H. Gottshall
|Dover
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|Making Furniture Masterpieces
|Franklin H. Gottshall
|Dover
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|Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware
|Ejner Handberg
|Berkshire House
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|The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American
|Albert Sack
|Crown
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|Sculpted Band Saw Boxes
|Lois Keener Ventura
|Popular Woodworking Books
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|Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture
|Robert W. Lang (Cambium).
|Cambium
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|Southern Furniture 1680-1830
|Ronald L. Hurst and Jonathan Prown (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation).
|Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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|Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery
|Oscar P. Fitzgerald
|Smithsonian
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Revision as of 19:03, 20 January 2021

It's hard to winnow down a list of just the best books, but we're going to try right here. This list is also functioning as a sort of inventory/wish list for me, feel free to crib it for yourself, may your bookcases hold up.

Design
Topic Title Author Publisher Ownership Read Rating Priority Source
Design American Country Furniture Nick Engler and Mary Jane Favorite Rodale Yes Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design American Furniture” series edited by Luke Beckerdite Chipstone Foundation Most Read In 10 10 PopWood
Design American Furniture of the 18th Century Jeffrey P. Greene Taunton Yes Read In 10 10 PopWood
Design American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Morrison H. Heckscher Random House Yes Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design American Furniture: The Federal Period Charles F. Montgomery Viking No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods Joseph Downs Bonanza No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design The Book of Shaker Furniture John Kassay University of Massachusetts Yes Read 8 5 PopWood
Design Chinese Domestic Furniture Gustav Ecke Dover Yes Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design The Encyclopedia of Furniture Joseph Aronson Crown No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Fine Furniture for a Lifetime Glen D. Huey Popular Woodworking Books No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement David M. Cathers Turn of the Century Editions No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design The Furniture Masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour Robert D. Mussey Jr. Peabody Essex Museum No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Furniture Treasury Vols. 1 & 2 Wallace Nutting Macmillan Yes Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Greene & Greene: Furniture and Related Designs Randell L. Makinson Peregrine Smith No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Greene & Greene Furniture: Poems of Wood & Light David Mathias Popular Woodworking Books No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture Howard Pain Key Porter No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design How to Build Shaker Furniture Revised Edition Thos. Moser Sterling Yes Read In 8 5
Design John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker Morrison H. Heckscher Yale University Press No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Mackintosh Furniture Roger Billcliffe Cameron & Hollis No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Making Antique Furniture Reproductions Franklin H. Gottshall Dover No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Making Furniture Masterpieces Franklin H. Gottshall Dover Yes Read In UR 5 PopWood
Design Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware Ejner Handberg Berkshire House Yes Read In 5 3 PopWood
Design The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American Albert Sack Crown Yes Read In UR 5 PopWood
Design Sculpted Band Saw Boxes Lois Keener Ventura Popular Woodworking Books No Unread UR 1 PopWood
Design Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture Robert W. Lang Cambium No Read 7 7 PopWood
Design Southern Furniture 1680-1830 Ronald L. Hurst and Jonathan Prown Colonial Williamsburg Foundation No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery Oscar P. Fitzgerald Smithsonian No Unread UR 5 PopWood
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