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Constructing Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions with Historical Notes Author: Daniel Diehl Publisher: Stackpole Books Date: 1997 Pages: 189 ISBN: 0-8117-2795-5 Format: PDF Size: 71.7 MB Language: English This book offers you designs for building sixteen reproductions of furnishings from the Middle Ages. The detailed plans are based on careful study and measurement of rare originals, and the complete, step-by-step instructions, materials lists, and notes on woodworking, metalworking, and finishes provide you with the means of recreating these pieces accurately in your own Shop home. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Woodworking Notes 2. Metalworking Notes 3. Finishes 4. Fifteenth-Century Bench 5. Painted Wall Hanging 6. Fourteenth-Century Reading Desk 7. High Table 8. Oxford Chest 9. Vestment Chest 10. Ambry Cupboard 11. Curule Chair 12. Candlestand 13. Monastic Canopy Bed 14. Fifteenth-Century Window Frames 15. Wine Cabinet 16. Gothic Cradle 17. Fifteenth-Century Door 18. Glastonbury Chair 19. Mirrored Wall Sconce Appendix A: Furniture Locations Appendix B: Sources Of Medieval accoutrements Index