Elements of Furniture Design: Principles and History of Furniture Design with Analysis of Furniture Made by Thomas Day

Elements of Furniture Design is a resource of information gathered from 30 years of working as a professional furniture designer. These elements of design are essential, and there is no other resource where they are available in one place. The reader will gain a comprehensive knowledge of how furniture is designed, and can use this information to create new and exciting design concepts. This knowledge is provided in four sections:

- A brief history and quick designer references (woods, veneers, wood joinery, comfort, architectural references, and drawing tools)
- Illustrating furniture construction
- Historic ornament used on furniture (molding, turning, carving)
- The typical design process with a new client

The work of cabinetmaker Thomas Day (a free man of color in the South in the mid-1800s) is used to tie the story together, and the reader will learn trade secrets of furniture design that have been lost to outsourcing and offshore manufacture.

Author: Scott Coley
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: 04/28/2024
Pages: 256
Weight: 3.23lbs
Size: 10.42h x 9.52w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9780764367465