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   hammer1 | Dec 22, 2004 07:22pm | #1

   I have not found actual measured drawings for period pieces. " America Furniture of the Eighteenth Century" by Jeffery P. Greene has some good information on structure and technique. There is a chapter on making plans from photos. Personally, I do full scale layouts on a piece of MDF. You may find some information at The Society of American Period Furniture Makers. http://www.sapfm.org/sapfmmay2003/Start/default.asp

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

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   TomS | Dec 23, 2004 03:54am | #2

   Norman Vandal has a nice book out on making Queen Anne furniture.  I can't remember if there is an armchair or not.  It's a good book on this style and might be worth a look regardless.

   TomS

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   joinerswork | Dec 23, 2004 06:12am | #3

   JAYST,

   Vandal's book on Queen Anne furniture has a very nice side chair, also good detailed construction pointers. 

   Wallace Nutting has a scaled drawing in Vol III of the Furniture Treasury.  Side chair.

   Carlyle Lynch's book, Furniture Antiques Found in Virginia, has a side chair.  Check his drawings, which are still sold by his granddaughter in Texas, seems to me there is a companion armchair.  At least the shop where he worked long ago, built that chair and an armchair, I'm sure he made those drawings back in the day.  Lynch's shop drawings are the best I've seen.  Everything you need to know to build, all on one page, full size details of moldings, etc.   No connection to me, other than I knew and respected him.

   Regards,

   Ray

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   JayS | Dec 23, 2004 02:53pm | #4

   Do you have any more specific information on the name of his old shop or his granddaughter, or what town in Texas he is in?  I would like to try to contact her about such plans.  Translating from books to full scale drawings can be difficult and can lose something along the way.  Thanks.

   Jay

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   87bluejay | Dec 23, 2004 05:13pm | #5

   http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com

    

   Here's a link to a web-site that I have purchased several Lynch plans.

    

   Hope this helps,

   Dave

    

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   joinerswork | Dec 24, 2004 06:55am | #6

   JAYST,

   P.O. Box 13007 Arlington, TX 76094

   (817) 861-1619

   Catalog $2

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   JayS | Dec 25, 2004 05:49am | #7

   Thanks very much.  I will give them a call. 

   Jay S.