Shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture: 22 Projects for Every Room in the Home »

Robert W. Lang is the senior editor at Popular Woodworking magazine and the author of Bob Lang's The Complete Kitchen Cabinetmaker, MORE Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays and Hardware, and Shop Drawings for Craftsman Interiors. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Greene & Greene furniture, widely recognized as the finest expression of the American Arts & Crafts movement, is presented here for the first time as working shop drawings. Featuring accurate front, side, and top views, complete cutting lists, and comprehensive section and detail views, these drawings offer today’s woodworkers a unique opportunity to reproduce the rare furniture line, which has often been photographed but not presented in such detail. Including introductory chapters on both the Greenes and the Halls, an extensive discussion covers suitable woods and finishes and provides solid technical information on how to make such characteristic Greene & Greene details as proud ebony plugs and splines, breadboard ends, and cloud lifts.

Introduction     6
The Brothers     8
The Other Brothers     11
The Town and the Clients     16
The Furniture     18
Woodworking Technique     22
Drawer Mystery     35
Materials and Finishes     48
The Drawings     41
Resources     45
Gamble Chiffonier     46
Gamble Bookcase     54
Freeman Ford Serving Table     59
Thorsen Serving Table     64
Gamble Entry Table     69
Bolton Hall Table     74
Townsend Occasional Tables     78
Robinson Dining Table     82
Blacker Medicine Cabinet     88
Gamble Mirror     90
Tichenor Bedroom Chest     94
Bush Curio Cabinet     100
Gamble Bed     106
Blacker Hall Seat     112
Bolton Chair     116
Robinson Side Chair     122
Thorsen Plant Stand     126
Bolton Plant Stand     132
Blacker Night Table     136
Gamble Kitchen Table     140
Gamble Kitchen Cabinets     146
Charles Greene Sideboard     153