Carving Architectural Detail in Wood: The Classical Tradition

Carving Architectural Detail in Wood: The Classical Tradition
ISBN-10
1861081588
ISBN-13
9781861081582
Category
Crafts & Hobbies / Woodwork
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Guild of Master Craftsman
Author
Frederick Wilbur

Description

This is probably the first detailed guide to one of the most important of traditional woodcarving skills, now reissued. Wilbur takes the reader, step-by-step, from the basic building blocks of classical design to the practicalities of carving enriched mouldings, volutes, rosettes and capitals. A thorough primer in the vocabulary of classical ornament, this book will be indispensable to cabinetmakers and furniture restorers as well as carvers.

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