Item 315872The Cabinet-Maker's Guide: or Rules and Instructions in the art of varnishing, dying, staining, japanning, polishing, lackering and beautifying wood...
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Greenfield, Mass: Ansel Phelps, 1825. First American edition, reprinted from a London edition. The first furniture finisher's manual published in America, with recipes and lists of requisite tools and implements. Robert D. Mussey, in his introduction to the 1987 reprint of the 1827 American edition, points out that this work..... Read More Item Details for The Cabinet-Maker's Guide: or Rules and Instructions in the art of varnishing, dying, staining, japanning, polishing, lackering and beautifying wood, ivory, tortoise-shell, and metal. With observations on their management and application Add to Wish List
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