Mission Style Lamps and Shades: Eighteen Projects You Can Make at Home - Softcover

Adams, John Duncan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620874660 ISBN 13: 9781620874660

Publisher: Skyhorse, 2013

Synopsis

With its simple, organic charm and timeless natural beauty, Mission-style furniture has enjoyed continued popularity for over a century. For craftsman and non-craftsman alike, perhaps the most cherished examples of Mission-style furniture are lamps. Mission Style Lamps and Shades takes readers through the entire process of designing, planning, and constructing radiant Mission-style lamps and shades.     

For countless craftspeople, John Duncan Adam’s Mission Style Lamps and Shades has been the go-to guide for those wanting to build their own lamps and shades. The book contains a wide array of do-it-yourself projects, from reading lamps to chandeliers, desk lights to drop lights, complete with easy-to-follow instructions, measurements, and more than 75 diagrams, drawings, and illustrations. With straightforward language, Adams takes the reader through techniques like trimming a block of wood, using a soldering iron, and designing opulent shades with art glass. With Adams’s expert guidance, the beginning craftsman will have no trouble creating a one-of-a-kind, fully functional, decorative lamps and shade. 

About this title

About the Author:

John Duncan Adams was a master carpenter and skilled craftsmen who wrote a number of books on the subject including Carpentry for Beginners, Metal Work and Etching, and Arts- Crafts Lamps-How to Make Them.           

About this edition

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1620874660
• ISBN 13: 9781620874660
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112