Thanks, I'll look into that. I don't remember there being a real bookstore
at the Chicago Chinatown, but I'll check again. Or maybe Mitsuwa could
order something, now that you mention it.

-MJ

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So here's the first of three examples of Chinese Joinery - the familiar
Frame and Panel - done in a slightly unfamilair way.

charlie b


Thanks for sharing. Are there any books or websites that you could
recommend on this type of joinery? I've been looking for more details of
Japanese furniture, but most of what I've found is more of a historical
account than anything with detail shots or joint assemblies.

-MJ
Mark -- You may find some of what you want in "Chinese Domestic
Furniture - in Photographs and Measured Drawings" by Gustav Ecke (Dover
0-486-25171-3). I found a copy at Woodcraft. The liner notes state that
this is an unabridged republication of the portfolio "Chinese Domestic
Furniture" originally published in Peking in 1944. It is published by
Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501.

Somewhere in the stack of stuff that I put into storage boxes during our
home renovation I also have a book I picked up at a bookstore in central
China which has great detail on building furniture -- but it's all in
Chinese. The drawings are very informative. If you're near a big city
with a Chinese neighborhood (NYC, Mott Street, San Francisco Chinatown,
Honolulu, Coral Springs near Ft. Lauderdale) you can probably find a
Chinese language bookstore for a comparable volume, with a clerk who can
help you find it. Regards -- JimR