Erich Klatt - Die Konstruktion alter Möbel

This standard work on furniture studies provides fundamental knowledge about the formal and technical development of historical furniture from the Middle Ages to the Biedermeier period. The focus is on expertly analysing the design features of furniture types such as chests, tables, beds and chests of drawers in their stylistic and historical development.

The author Erich Klatt - a trained cabinetmaker and university lecturer - places particular emphasis on the significance of construction for the stylistic and chronological categorisation of antique furniture. The book contains numerous true-to-scale technical drawings that visualise the ground plans and elevations as well as relevant details of the joining techniques, fittings and surface treatments. These drawings make the work an indispensable aid for restorers, collectors, furniture historians and all those who are concerned with the quality of craftsmanship and authenticity testing of antique furniture.

Klatt, Erich: The construction of old furniture. Form and technique through the ages. Chests, cupboards, chests of drawers, beds, tables and seating furniture in detailed working drawings.
In collaboration with Georg Himmelheber.
4. Edition. Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1982.
ISBN 3-87346-014-9.

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