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Designing a Chair to Last • the Philadelphia Story Federal DESIGNING A CHAIR TO LAST • THE PHILADELPHIA STORY FE DERAL FURNITURE A CRAFTSMAN 'S JO URNEY 07> J ULY 1997 $6.95 u.s. $7.95 Canada £4.25 7485164537 6 u.x. Helping You Become a Better Woodworker Our gianttoolcatalog givesmore thanjust manufacturer's specs. We provide detailed tool descriptions, useful techniques,aswellasa scheduleofeducational seminars. Visit uson the Internet at http://www.highland·hardware.com ~~~ -- READERSERVICENO. 137 FuaMITuaE '91 Fine Cabinet & Box Hardware the first ann ual conference of Precision machined from high luster, high copper brass. 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DEPARTMENTS 6 Letters 10 On Display A visit to New Hampshire's Strawb ery Banke Museum 14 Calendar Anot her Way to Lock a Cradle, p. 32 18 The Drawing Board Refining your thumbnail sketches with transparencies 70 Fine Furn iture Timbers Luscious pink pear 74 Materials Cracking glass 78 About the Authors 82 Index Index to issues 6 through 77 86 Furniture Stories john M cPhee recalls his grandfather's horned furniture Making Chairs Strong, p. 36 Computer Photograph Brings Lamp to Life, p. 54 Home Furn itu re (ISSN 1076-8327) is pu blish ed six times a year. by The Taunto n Press. Inc.. Newtown, CT 06470 -5506. Telephon e (203) 426-8171. Periodicals postage paid at Newt o wn. CT 06470-5506 and at additio na l mailing o ffices. u.s. newsstand distribution by Curtis Circulatio n Co.. 730 Rive r Road , New Milford.NJ 07646-3048 and Eastern News Distributor s. Inc., O ne I> led ia Way. 12406 Route 250. l>lilan. all ·i4846-9705. GST # 123210981. FEATURES 22 Letting the Room 46 Fresh Curves Determine the Design for a Kitchen Table Dining furniture from BY MICHAEL HURWIT Z the Asian end of Arts and Crafts adds spice to a bungalow Lightening an Entertainment Center; p. 33 BY DARRELL PEART 48 Federal Furniture Was Revolutionary An interest in all things classical 28 Bold Color and ga ve rise to a delicat e furniture style Ge ometry Expand a BY JENNIFER A . PERRY Table's Horizons BY HE NRY FO X 54 Computer Photograph Brings Lamp to Life 30 A Cradle that Swings BY DAVID FA Y High and Low BY TIMOTH Y CLAR K 56 William Walker's 32 Another Way to Lock the Cradle Furniture-Balancing Act BYW I LL IA M WHITE A custom designer mak es a mark in architectural and production furniture 33 Lightening the Look BY JONATHAN BIN ZEN of an Entertainment Federal Furniture Was Revolutionary, p. 48 Center 62 Triangle Cutouts BY RICHARD JUDD Enhance Vast, Flat Surfaces 36 What Makes a Seat BY JOS E REGUEIR O Stand Up to Abuse? A few critical joints will keep 65 Starting from the a dining chair sturdy for decades Simplest Chair BY JERE OSGOOD BY WILLIA MM cA RT H U R 42 Uniting Two Cases 66 Fine Furniture in One Hutch Design 300 Years in the Making BYW ILLIAM SKI DMO RE Ever since colonial cabinetmakers planted the seed, furniture making 45 Etched Legs has flourish ed in Philadelphia Elevate a Display Shelf BY MARK GALLINI Furniture 300 Years in the Making, p. 66 BY GREGOR Y HAY Postma ster: Send address changes to H Ollie Furniture, The Taunton Press. Inc., 63 S. Main St., P.O. Box 5506,New town. CT 06470- 5506. Primed in the USA • letters TOO MUCH INFORMATION outside dim ensions and possibly the LEFT TO THE IMAGINATION wood used, what information have I hGme· For a product to be successful, it must gained from the article? . rurruture deliver so mething . Depending o n I know the literature for Hom e EDIT OR your perspective, that so mething Furniture said this was not a "how­ Timothy D. Schreiner could be ex posure, information or to-do-it" magazine. That's an MAN AGIN G EDITOR knowledge. Hom e Furniture is understatement. You sho uld have Suzanne Roman ART DIRECTOR probably best utilized by eithe r of two indicated that there was little chance MaI:V Terrizzi groups: professional furniture that you could build it even if you had A SSO CIATE EDIT OR S [oIlCIIIUl/l Bittzen. Zachary Gaullein, builde rs or co nsume rs who wish to the skills.
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