The Gentleman and Cabinet Makers Director

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

Scale drawings of historic furniture held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, with dimensions and construction details recorded piece by piece. Ideal for studying proportion or reproducing a period design.

H. P. Benn, H. P. Shapland

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