Box Furniture - Couverture souple

Brigham, Louise

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1410101703 ISBN 13 : 9781410101709

Editeur : Fredonia Books (NL), 2002

Synopsis

Originally published in 1910, this unusual book is about making furniture by hand using old boxes and crates. From the author's preface: "Two summers on the island of Spitzbergen taught me, more than all previous experiments, the latent possibilities of a box. Our camp was located seven hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle; Hammerfest, Norway, 535 miles to the southeast, was the nearest point from which supplies could be obtained. Ice and snow cut off the settlement from the outside world for eight months of the year. The provisions and other equipment necessary for the camp of eighty miners and workmen had to be carried in boxes on the ships that came from the mainland during the four summer months. When the portable house which was to be the home of the manager, his wife, and myself as their guest, had been put up and the supplies unpacked, the boxes began to accumulate. ... No lumber was available in Spitzbergen. ... cut off from materials the possibilities of the box seemed greater than ever, and the work, which daily grew in interest, commenced. As I worked in that far-off marvelous land of continuous day, surrounded by mountains and glaciers, I felt anew the truth, so familiar to all, that work to be of real value must be honest, useful, and beautiful..." With instructions on how to make 100 different items of useful furniture from boxes and cargo crates; including jardiniere, plant box, footstool, clock case, wall rack, washstand, bookcases, desk, game table, umbrella stand, nursery table, picture frames, corner seats, etc. etc.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Box Furniture: How to Make a Hundred Useful Articles for the Home

Among the many friends in Europe and America to Whom my thoughts turn in grateful memory for their generous encouragement, I mention for especial thanks Mr. And Mrs. William D. Munroe, Whose charming hospitality in the Far North made many of these experiments possible; Herr Professor Josef Hofimann, of Die K. K. Kunstgewerbe Schule, in Vienna; Miss Virginia E. Graefi, for valuable help and suggestions; and to all The Givers of the Tool Chest.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fredonia Books (NL)
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1410101703
• ISBN 13: 9781410101709
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 332
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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