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Henry Lapp was a furniture maker based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and it is his designs that most closely resemble the furniture we think of today as Amish-made. He was one of the first to abandon the painted, Germanic-style influence in his furniture and opted for an undecorated, plain style, following more the styles of Welsh ...
Woodworking, especially furniture making, has many different designs/styles. Throughout its history, woodworking designs and styles have changed. Some of the more common styles are listed below. Traditional furniture styles usually include styles that have been around for long periods of time and have shown a mark of wealth and luxury for ...
The New Yankee Workshop taped Season 1 in 1988, but the show didn't begin until 1989. The sliding workshop barn door wasn't installed yet, so Norm Abram built it so the shop could open and close that day. The shop is 936 square feet (87.0 m 2) in size. [1] The famous sliding barn door faces west. Along the west wall is the "back bench" and ...
One of eleven children of German émigrés Leopold and Barbara Schlager Stoeckel, Gustav Stickley was born Gustavus Stoeckel on March 9, 1858, in Osceola, Wisconsin.The eldest surviving son, Stickley experienced the rigors of life growing up on a small Midwestern farm, forgoing his formal education in 1870 to continue work in his father's field of stonemasonry and help support his struggling ...
Roman furniture was constructed principally using wood, metal and stone, with marble and limestone used for outside furniture. Very little wooden furniture survives intact, but there is evidence that a variety of woods were used, including maple, citron, beech, oak, and holly. Some imported wood such as satinwood was used for decoration.
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Wood was founded in 1984 by Larry Clayton; it follows the principle of Better Homes and Gardens ' s test kitchen, where recipes published in the magazine have been tested. . Every project in the magazine has been built in Wood's woodworking shop; every woodworking technique published has been tried and accomplished by the editors; and every tool or product discussed has been shop-tested and ...