Measured Drawings of Fine Old Furniture

Notes on the elementary forms, construction methods and standard dimensions of common furniture, written for design students. Teaches how to draft a piece so that a workshop can actually build it.

Alvan Crocker Nye

An account of the theory and practice of cabinet work and furniture production, illustrated with over a thousand workshop drawings, photographs and original designs. The most complete technical reference in this collection.

Percy A. Wells, John Hooper

The four part treatise that taught cabinet makers geometry, perspective and drawing before presenting its famous designs. Both a drafting course and a catalogue of neoclassical furniture.

Thomas Sheraton

A large collection of household furniture designs in the Gothic, Chinese and modern taste, with mouldings shown at full size and dimensions given for each design. Includes an explanation of the five orders of architecture and the rules of perspective.

Thomas Chippendale