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Marvel at masterpieces made of gorgeous wood, with trick openings and hidden devices--every one destined to be a museum piece. Then develop your own skills with the gallery of 11 additional boxes and chests chosen by the masters for you to complete. Each one is explained by the designer along with detailed instructions, a color photo of the finished work, and helpful line drawings for assembling the parts.
Exquisite inlaid covers, gracefully simple lines and soft curves, glorious woods, intriguing lids, and intricate compartments are the hallmarks of the work of some of the world's best box-making artists. "If you think a box is just a box, you're in for a surprise. The boxes Lydgate details are...handcrafted works that call for such exotic woods as rosewood, purpleheart, satinwood, and Hawaiian koa....Not a lot of board feet are needed for any project and the average woodworker will have the tools to make every project in the book."--Booklist.
Written instructions, photographs, designs, patterns, and projects.
"This book takes the art of boxmaking to a new level, with designs featuring marquetry, carving, inlays, and segmented turning by custom furniture maker Dennis Zongker"--
Publisher description
The definitive guide to antique Art Metal, Art Nouveau, Victorian, Arts and Crafts, and Revival Period jewel boxes, The Jewel Box Book is the first book to provide easy reference for the spellbound collector or charmed novice. Over 500 rich color photos accompany this fascinating narrative about the history, styles, composition, and sales of jewel boxes manufactured in America between 1900-1925.Readers will appreciate detailed information about manufacturers that include Jennings Brothers, Weidlich Brothers, Benedict Manufacturing Company, Rogers Silver Plate Company, Kronheimer & Oldenbusch, and The Art Metal Works (known today for the Ronson trademark), and others.Explanations about design motifs and the "Language of Flowers" provide the perfect complement to these stories of the jewel boxes that once adorned dressing tables at the turn-of-the-century and continue to delight aficionados.