The Practical Cabinet Maker And Furniture Designer's Assistant | by Frederick Thomas Hodgson

With essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture. Together with many practical directions for making cabinet work generally, and a number of pieces of furniture in particular, along with hundreds of recipes for finishing, staining, varnishing, polishing and gilding all kinds of cabinet work.

By Fred T. Hodgson, F. R. I. C. A. Author of "Practical Treatise on the Steel Square," "Modern Carpentry," "Hardwood Finisher, Wood-Carving," Etc., Etc.

Beautifully and Copiously Illustrated with over 200 Drawings and Sketches, Showing Various Styles of Furniture, from the Most Ancient to the Most Modern