Author: John Kelsey
Title: Fine Woodworking January/February 1980, Number 20
Description: Newtown: Taunton Press, 1980. Paper bound, large quarto, Pp83. Front cover moderately creased but a tight and unmarked, very good copy. 340 grams. Cover: The spiral measures 52 in. long by 38 in. wide. It was steam bent by the Thonet firm in 1880, from a 28-foot oak tree, to demonstrate the process perfected by Michael Thonetm the father of bentwood furniture. One of his chairs, above, indicates the spiral's size. Beginning on p. 38, this issue contains a number of articles featuring wood as a flexible material. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books and also offer local curbside pick-up.

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