This fascinating early work will appeal to carpenters and antiquarians alike, but also contains a wealth of information that is still useful and practical today. Sixteen patterns, 35 plates and tens of detailed diagrams accompany thorough instructions. Contents Include: Foreword: It's Fun to Decorate Chairs; Types of Decoration; Terms, Materials, Surface Preparation; Background Finishes; Brush-Stroke Painting; Stencilling Techniques; Gold-Leaf and Other Techniques; American Painted Chairs; Country Windsors; Hitchcock Chairs ...
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This fascinating early work will appeal to carpenters and antiquarians alike, but also contains a wealth of information that is still useful and practical today. Sixteen patterns, 35 plates and tens of detailed diagrams accompany thorough instructions. Contents Include: Foreword: It's Fun to Decorate Chairs; Types of Decoration; Terms, Materials, Surface Preparation; Background Finishes; Brush-Stroke Painting; Stencilling Techniques; Gold-Leaf and Other Techniques; American Painted Chairs; Country Windsors; Hitchcock Chairs; Boston Rockers; Nineteenth-Century Fiddle-Backs; Anybody's Chair-Unclassified Type; Cohasset Colonial. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Seller's Description:
Collectible, Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Quarto, hardcover, fine in near fine beige pictorial dj. First printing. Pamphlet on the "true Hitchcock chair" laid in plus article on "paint to decorate furniture". 128 pages; 5 pp. index. "Here is all the beginner needs to know about restoring and decorating old chairs, or finishing new ones in antique styles. Here are step-by-step directions, 16 detailed patterns, 35 photographs, and 60 separate sketches; . this book is the amateur's complete guide to gold-or-bronze stencilling, brush-stroke painting, and freehand decoration."
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With Drawings By the Author. Good+ to Very Good in Chipped and Price Clipped d/j jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Floral covers with gray spine with red lettering. Lower edges and corners worn, 1/4" tear in covering at heel of spine. D/j has piece of tape inside, 1/2' chip at heel of spine extending to 1" chip on rear panel, 1" chip at head of spine extending onto top panel edges, 1 1/2" curved chip along top front panel edge, 1+" chip on lower rear corner. 128 pages.
