French Furniture

Robert W. Lang   From Robert Lang, author of the popular Shop Drawings Series, comes this guide to adding elegant inlays and sturdy, functional hinges to... [read more]

Judy Gale Roberts,Jerry Booher   This book of small items for yourself or gifts includes 13 ready-to-use patterns with step-by-step instructions and over 150 color photos. Using... [read more]

Lawrence Threadgold   Threadfold explains how veneers are made and how their varied grain patterns can be exploited. He describes and illustrates tools and accessories... [read more]

Garnet Hall   Select a design and veneer or thin pieces of wood, and inlay a design following the instructions in this book. But then... [read more]

Judy Gale Roberts,Jerry Booher   This book covers everything from woods, layout, and cutting to the final finishing and includes 13 patterns for all skill levels. In... [read more]

Judy Gale Roberts,Jerry Booher   Instructions, patterns & color photos for 12 projects will inspire you to try your hand at intarsia. You'll use just the natural... [read more]

Pierre Ramond,Jacqueline Derenne,Claire Emili,Brian Considine   Here is the English-language edition of La Marquetrie with history, materials, tools, designing, and techniques used in this centuries old craft. Includes... [read more]

Jack Metcalfe,John Apps   Detailed step-by step instructions and color photographs introduce you to the fine art of marquetry. Find the appropriate tools, equipment, and materials,... [read more]

Pierre Ramond,Brian Considine   The long-awaited English translation of Pierre Ramond's 3-volume Masterpieces of Marquetry is now available. Vol 1, From the Beginnings to Louis XIV.... [read more]

Craig Vandall Stevens,Joy Shih Ng,Craig Vandall Stevens   Here is a step-by-step account of making marquetry pictures using the double-bevel method. Four demonstration projects, illustrated by several hundred color photos,... [read more]

Paul Villiard   Here are the techniques of veneering: how to match, glue, clamp, tape, and edge; how to inlay, finish, and repair veneers. Excellent... [read more]

Richard Muhlberger   You often find marquetry panels on folk furniture and at flea markets. Here's an exhibition catalog that selects excellent examples, explains where... [read more]

Patrick Spielman,Frank Droege   Beginning woodworkers can learn scroll saw segmentation by making this gold mine of patterns, from a Northern Indian Mask plaque to a... [read more]

Zachary Taylor   Using modern equipment or traditional hand tools, this book shows various ways of achieving professional results from simple methods. Each technique is... [read more]

Fine Woodworking Magazine   Fine Woodworking's "on" series reprints technical articles from the magazine's golden black-and-white years, 1975 through 1984, in their original format.38 articles that... [read more]

Kerry Shirts,Pat Spielman   Scroll-saw segmentation portraiture involves a combination of basic scroll sawing, wood staining, and assembling sawn pieces in relief to create realistic, three-dimensional... [read more]

Mike Burton   Here's a basic introduction to marquetry techniques and projects, from the prolific Mike Burton. Includes a helpful how-to section featuring tools you... [read more]

R. F. Loeffler   Hard-to-find information on creating banding for art, furniture, or musical instruments. Novices to experienced woodworkers can learn the basics of designing inlay... [read more]

Fine Woodworking   The Best of Fine Woodworking series reprints 23 technical articles from 1984 through 1996, in their original format. Information ranges from cutting... [read more]

Begun in 1993, this annual provides a forum on American furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and... [read more]

Here are 24 step-by-step, illustrated projects to help you creatively solve the often daunting problem... [read more]

The popular Danny Proulx provides plans for building toolboxes and workbenches that are both solid... [read more]

The long-awaited treatise on a master's techniques for turning bowls, vessels and spindles. A well-organized... [read more]