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Re: yes but.....
Charlie
The Practical Woodworker, edited by Bernard Jones, also has several plates of almost all English furniture somewhat similar to the Wells and Hooper plates. The Jones volume also includes some carpentry and house joinery stuff -- doors, windows, and trim.
Re: yes but.....
Charlie
David Bryant's The Traditional Furniture Maker has excruciatingly detailed drawings of 30 projects -- pieces found in British museums and manors. Everything is in millimeters.
The two V.J. Taylor books, and the Bryant book, could keep one busy for years.
Re: yes but.....
Charlie
Furniture Mouldings by E.J. Warne covers moldings on English furniture from 1574 to 1820. This book has 140 plates, though each plate features ten or so sections of moldings, probably over a thousand as previously mentioned.
Re: yes but.....
Sgian Dubh
"Hayward's book on English period furniture has a nice section at the back of the book on chairs ...
Charlie, I suspect the book you're suggesting is not the same one as Hayward's Antique or Fake? published in a paperback version in 1984 by Bell & Hyman Ltd. It was originally published in 1970 by Evans Brothers Ltd. Anyway, Antique or Fake? has quite a number of drawings showing construction across a large range of furniture items, as well as photographs and discussion of period styles and techniques starting prior to 1600 AD, and then moving forwards through the periods up to just about Victorian times (1837). In truth, he pretty much ignores anything designed or made outside the British Isles, but all the same, it's a useful primer for anyone keen to learn about period furniture.
I've just conducted a quick online search and found a few sources to buy the book, but admittedly they're all UK sources. I've no idea what availability is like on the western side of the Atlantic if anyone is interested. Slainte.
Re: yes but.....
Charlie
English Period Furniture by Charles H. Hayward. It does have a chapter on French furniture because of its influence on some English styles.
Good first book on English furniture. Has some schematics, mouldings, hardware, leg styles, great section on chairs. Lots of line drawings. Renderings of room interiors -- the furniture in context.
Re: yes but.....
Charlie
Here's the one I have:
https://www.amazon.com/English-Period-Furniture-Charles-Hayward/dp/023744867X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=english+period+furniture+hayward&qid=1612976993&sr=8-2
Early English Furniture & Woodwork *LINK*
Rafael from PA
I posted about this two volume set some time ago, for no other reason than I held the set in my hands and had a chance to buy them. It sold to some book collector.
Luckily is available in the Internet archive, so I'm going through it so I can't say it's a good reference or not. The subject is certainly more broad than the mere issue of how the drawers were joined together.
Early English Furniture & Woodwork, Vol. I
Right
Winston
Bill is right -- I'm not particularly interested in pictures of furniture and the various styles of furniture, but rather the reasons why things were constructed in particular ways, and how that developed over time.
The discussion of when and why furniture makers changed from front-to-back vs. side-to-side orientation of drawer bottoms is interesting, for example. The theories about why half-blinds and skinny pins became popular is also interesting -- though I find the skinny-pin theory convincing, since seasonal cycles are long enough that I'd expect there be enough time for the moisture to reach equilibrium whether the pins were skinny or fat.
Each issue of Mortise and Tenon magazine has an examination of an old piece of furniture, looking at joinery and tool marks to help understand how and why it was built the way it was. I really enjoy that part, though I have to say it's a bit light on the text explaining the why's and giving historical context.
Re: Early English Furniture & Woodwork
Charlie
Can't have too many sources. Thanks.