SIZE: 3MB 120 PAGES Download link: https://goo.gl/6gzCpL INTRODUCTION THERE IS EVERY CHANCE that the end of the 20th century will be looked back on as a golden âge of furniture-making. At this time, makers are working in the widest range of idioms imaginable, as they hâve so much to choose from: the âges of oak and walnut précède the extraordinary 75 years or so that comprise what we call the Georgian period; the latter followed by the exubérant Regency style; Arts & Crafts from Morris to Mackintosh, Shaker from the USA; and of course the 20th Century itself- a rich palette by any standards. As today's craftsmen can draw on such a continuing tradition, their work develops free of constraint on design. Likewise the diversity of techniques available to the furniture-maker has never been greater, traditional approaches such as dovetailing and morticing co-existing with biscuit joints, routed joints and high-tech adhesives. Much of this development is driven by t...