ISBN |
9781898565055 (hardback) |
1898565058 (hardback) |
Author |
Russell, David R. (David Richard), 1935- (author.) |
Title |
Antique woodworking tools : their craftsmanship from the earliest times to the twentieth century / David R. Russell ; assisted by Robert Lesage ; with photographs by James Austin, assisted by his wife Pauline ; foreword by David Linley ; introduction by John Adamson ; cataloguing assisted by Peter Hackett. |
Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Cambridge, England : John Adamson in association with Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, 2010. |
©2010 |
Description |
527 pages : coloured illustrations ; 35 cm. |
Note |
Includes index. |
Appendix: Plane irons - this appendix lists the various makers' marks appearing on plane irons and cap irons in the collection -- pages 508-515. |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 516-518. |
Contents |
Tools from prehistory to Roman times -- Anvils and tongs -- Axes and adzes -- Race knives -- Saws -- Rules and gauges -- Compasses, dividers and drawing instruments -- Bevels, squares and levels -- Plumb bobs -- Wooden planes : Continental -- Wooden planes : English and Scottish -- Wooden planes : American -- Metal planes : Continental -- Metal planes : English and Scottish -- Metal planes : American -- Special planes -- English and Scottish tool-makers -- Chisels and gouges -- Boring tools : drills and braces -- Sash dowelling boxes and a sash template -- Glue pots or kettles -- Screwdrivers or turn-screws -- Hammers -- Bone and ivory tools -- Spurious and altered items -- Plane irons. |
Summary |
The David Russell collection brings together a stunning array of edge and boring tools from Britain, continental Europe and North America and provides a broad survey of hand tool-making from prehistory to today. All the tools are illustrated with James Austin's photographs, and details and marks are shown where appropriate. Special attention is given to planes, and the great British makers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are discussed in depth.600-1-10- Russell, David R. |
Subjects |
(David Richard), -- 1935- -- Archaeological collections -- Catalogs -- Pictorial works. |
Russell, David R.(David Richard),1935- |
Woodworking tools -- Catalogs and collections -- Great Britain |
Woodworking tools -- History -- Pictorial works |
Woodworking tools -- Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain |
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Lesage, Robert (author.) |
Austin, James (photographer.) |
Austin, Pauline (photographer.) |
Linley, David, 1961- (writer of added text) |
Adamson, John (writer of added text.) |
Hackett, Peter (writer of added text.) |
Call number |
FOLIO 684.082 RUS |