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Signed Copies of ‘Make a Joint Stool from a Tree’ (Please Read Carefully)

Megan Fitzpatrick — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:34:31 +0000

Charles Hummel’s long and laudable career as a scholar and author of American decorative arts, and his long tenure at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, makes him a living legend – particularly for those who study and enjoy hand-tool woodworking (you can read more about his many accomplishments on the Winterthur web site). Hummel’s … Read more »

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The Joint Stool as Hiding Place

Megan Fitzpatrick — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:32:25 +0000

It would be nigh-on impossible to find a house in the early modern* period that didn’t have a “joynt stool,” “joyned table” or “joyned forme.” What’s a “joynt stool?” Randle Holme, in the fascinating (and massive) tome “Academy of Armory and Blazon” (1688), writes, “It is so called because all made and finished by the … Read more »

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‘Make a Joint Stool from a Tree’ (and More on Follansbee)

Megan Fitzpatrick — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:27:58 +0000

We’ve just added to our store what I think is one of the most important woodworking books I’ve seen in some time: “Make a Joint Stool from a Tree: An Introduction to 17th-century Joinery,” by Jennie Alexander and Peter Follansbee (Lost Art Press). Sure, given my interest in all things early modern, I’m partial to … Read more »

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A Bus(wo)man’s Holiday

Megan Fitzpatrick — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:50:53 +0000

For the first time in seven years, I’m taking an actual vacation. Sort of. My neighbors have agreed to feed the cats, so I’m packing up my car and heading to Pittsboro, N.C., at the end of the month to take a class at Roy Underhill’s The Woodwright’s School. I’m very much looking forward to … Read more »

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I Took You For a Joint Stool

Megan Fitzpatrick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:02:25 +0000

This circa 1670 joint stool is from Wallace Nutting’s “Furniture Treasury.” I’ve been reading a bit of Shakespeare lately (everyone should have a hobby, no?), and in several of his plays, the term “joint stool” appears, often in the service of a taunt. That’s piqued my interest in “moveables,” that is, early modern stuff such … Read more »

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