Woodwork Design

By E. H. E. H. Arnold

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
• Release date: Oct 17, 2011
• ISBN: 9781447492504

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Furniture made in a Senior School Workshop

Group of Finished Models

Bookshelves and Book Rack

Oak Stool

Umbrella Stand

Oak Settle

Mahogany Chess Table

Notice-board

Small Cabinet

Over-bed Bookcase and Cupboard, Dressing-table Mirror, Reading-stand, and Book Trough

Small Sideboard

Oak Fireplace Surround

Small Sideboard

Linen Chest

Oak Writing Table

Mahogany Bookcase

Oak Bureau

Music Cabinet

Music Cabinet

Cabinet in French Walnut

Oak Typewriter Desk

Writing Table

Small Sideboard

Folio Cabinet

Writing Table and Clock-case

Book Table

Overmantel in Mahogany

EXAMPLES OF MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

Bookshelves

Writing Desk in Walnut

Sideboard in Walnut

Dresser in Oak

Sideboard in Mahogany

Bookcase in English Oak

Small Sideboard in Elm

Fall-front Bureau

Dining Table in Oak

EXAMPLES OF WORK OF VARIOUS PERIODS

Door of a Pulpit. Seventeenth Century

Stool. Late Fifteenth or Early Sixteenth Century

Chest. Thirteenth Century

Table-settle. Middle of Seventeenth Century

Inlaid Chest. Early Seventeenth Century

A Table and Form. Early Sixteenth Century

Writing Table of Inlaid Satinwood. Late Eighteenth Century

WORK IN OAK

Two Chairs

Hall-stand, with Metal Trays

Group of Work

WOODWORK DESIGN

MODERN AIMS AND TEACHING METHOD

THE value of Handwork as an instrument of education is now widely recognized, and in the adolescent stage of development some experience of one of the basic crafts is necessary to the achievement of the wide scope which a modern educational system imposes.

Woodwork provides a thorough training in those mental and physical processes which call for sustained effort and attention. It provokes thought and criticism, and tests in a practical manner the value of such thought. It develops the power of imagination and visualization; more particularly the creative and inventive faculties, along with the powers of artistic expression. It does all these things—but only on one condition: that craftsmanship be taught for its own sake and not merely as a narrow form of practical education, or as a pleasant recreation for dullards.

If we adopt this point of view we are provided with an aim which is truly educational: to possess the power to appreciate beauty of line, form, proportion, colour and achievement in not only woodwork but in every form of craft, whether it be Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Metalwork or any other of the creative forms of human activity. In short, just to appreciate fine craftsmanship and to endeavour to produce