<li>Back by popular demand at a new, lower price </li>
<li>Complete materials lists and scaled drawings for 14 heirloom pieces </li>
<li>Fascinating background on the Dunlap family and its furniture The Dunlaps of New Hampshire began making fine furniture in the mid-1700s. Their distinctive tables, chests, chairs, and clockcases have their origins in the traditions that the Scots-Irish brought to the New World. Most Dunlap works are now in museums where they are studied by scholars, but thanks to the book's detailed scaled drawings and Donald Dunlap's construction notes, woodworkers can undertake the challenging proportions and ornament practiced by the Dunlaps. The 14 projects range from a simple knife box to an intricate tall clock and include a one-drawer stand, tea table, and desk. 
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<li>knife box </li>
<li>one-drawer stand </li>
<li>card table </li>
<li>candle stand </li>
<li>folding stand </li>
<li>side chair </li>
<li>chest-on-frame </li>
<li>chest of drawers </li>
<li>dressing table </li>
<li>tea table </li>
<li>flat-top high chest of drawers </li>
<li>high chest of drawers with gallery </li>
<li>desk </li>
<li>tall clock</li>

The Dunlap Cabinetmakers: A Tradition in Craftsmanship

History

Zea, Philip

Dunlap, Donald

Americas

Stackpole Books

Clock Making in New England, 1725-1825: An Interpretation of the Old Sturbridge Village Collection

Cheney, Robert

World

Old Sturbridge Village

Two landmark 1995 publications, The Best the Country Affords: Vermont Furniture 1765-1850 and Vermont Cabinetmakers &amp; Chairmakers Before 1855: A Checklist, reintroduced Vermont high style furniture to decorative arts scholars, historians, and collectors. Equipped with this seminal knowledge, a small cadre of Vermont connoisseurs started scouring country auctions, adding signed and well-documented pieces to their private collections. Twenty years later, it is time to bring these pieces together and share them with the public. This catalog (and the accompanying exhibition that will run from July 25 to November 1, 2015) advances the understanding of Vermont high style furniture--from its features, craftsmanship, and economics, to its unexpected aesthetic innovations. The authors identify key eighteenth-century Vermont pieces before covering a variety of topics, including clockmaking, chairmaking, the half sideboard, furniture from Woodstock, and furniture from Vermont factories. Seventy-five full-color photographs by acclaimed Boston photographer David Bohl and extended catalog entries display furniture from all over the Green Mountain State. Arriving at a time of increased U.S. interest in regional furniture, this book will be welcomed by scholars and collectors, along with all admirers of fine furniture.

Rich and Tasty: Vermont Furniture to 1850

Burks, Jean M.

Shelburne Museum

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