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Woodworking, Carpentry, and Furniture Links

Articles

  • Anglo-Saxon and Viking Houses and Furniture
  • Anglo-Saxon and Viking Woodworking
  • A Brief History of Medieval European Joinery
  • Domestic Details in the Elizabethan era
  • Dovetail Joinery
  • Furnishings of Le Poulet Gauche
  • Furniture and Camping Accessories
  • Furniture Reproductions at Barley Hall
  • Life on Board the Mary Rose: The Carpenter
  • Medieval Timber-Framed Houses in England and Wales
  • Medieval Woodworking: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
  • Medieval and Renaissance Woodworking
  • Medieval Woodworking Resources
  • A Miscellany of Frequently Asked Questions
  • Raised Panels
  • Relief Carving 101
  • Timber Framers Guild of North America
  • Wood Finishing Techniques
  • Woods in Use in the Middle Ages & Renaissance
  • Wood Working Links
  • Woodworking: A First Carving Lesson
  • World and Czech Handicrafts and Arts

    Period Examples

  • Beds - Oseberg state beds
  • A Brief Description of Some Medieval French Woodworking: The Musée National du Moyen Age - Thermes de Cluny
  • The Courtrai Chest
  • Pulpit of Heliga Kors Church (Bergslagen, Sweden)

    Work from the "Current Middle Ages"

  • Articles by Sven Skildbiter
  • Bed
  • Beds by Master Gerekr fjársjándi Rögnvaldsson
  • Boxes Built by Master Pavel Iosevitch
  • Chest by Interessengemeinschaft Wolf e.V.
  • Cooler Chests
  • Encampment By Design
  • 15th Century Gothic Bench
  • 15th Century Gothic Stool and Documentation
  • Footstools for the Royal House of Meridies
  • Gothic Calligraphy Stand
  • Italian Cassone
  • Master Gerekr fjársjándi Rögnvaldsson's Woodworking
  • Medieval and Renaissance Woodworking Gallery
  • Medieval Benches
  • 7th Century Anglo Saxon Box with a photo
  • 16th Century(ish) Transitional Cupboard
  • Woodworking by Lord Henry Percivale Kempe
  • World of Wood

    Lathes

  • Bow Lathe
  • Early Wood Lathes
  • A Treadle-Powered Flywheel Lathe

    Other Tools

  • A Bibliography of Medieval Woodworking Tools
  • A Carpenter's Chest: Tools of the 15th Century (PDF)
  • Medieval Woodworking: Part 1 and Part 2
  • The Joiner's Museum
  • Reconstruction and Use of a Saxon Plane
  • The Shaving Horse

    Furniture Construction: Beds

  • Ancient Beds (PDF)
  • Beds by Master Gerekr fjársjándi Rögnvaldsson
  • Camp Furniture
  • Making a Rope Bed
  • Medieval Camp Bed
  • Oseberg Bed
  • A Period Rope Bed
  • A Portable Wood Frame Bed (PDF)
  • Rope Beds and Canopy Beds
  • 10th Century Norwegian Bed

    Furniture Construction: Benches, Chairs, and Stools

  • Ancient Chairs (PDF)
  • Basic Fold-Away Stool
  • Bog Chairs
  • Building the Irish Tuam (PDF)
  • Camp Chair Plans
  • Camp Furniture
  • Coffer Chair
  • Fauldstool
  • A 15th Century Savonarola Chair You Can Build (also here) (PDF)
  • 15th Century Gothic Footstool
  • 15th Century Hearth Stool
  • The Folding Camp Stools of Roman Britain (PDF)
  • 4-Board Bench
  • A Four-Post Turned Chair
  • Glastonbury Chair Plans and Text
  • Lord William's Throne Design
  • The Lund Viking Stool: A Method of Replication
  • Medieval Benches
  • A Medieval Wooden Chest: Plans for a storage box that doubles as a camp stool
  • A Medieval Wooden Stool
  • The "Peacock" Chair
  • Plywood Furniture Plans
  • A Simple 2-Board Chair
  • 16th Century German Faldestoel
  • The Sligo Chair (PDF)
  • The "Stargazer" Chair (PDF)
  • Tryangle stolys for my Lord (three-legged stool)
  • A "Viking" Chair
  • Viking Box Chair (PDF)

    Furniture Construction: Boxes and Chests

  • Build a Simple Chest (PDF)
  • Camp Furniture
  • Cassone Library
  • Cooler Chests
  • Little Canfield Coffer: Plans for a 13th century English chest (PDF)
  • The Mastermyr Tool Chest
  • The Medieval Chest and a 6-board chest for Bocce
  • Medieval Chests
  • A Medieval Wooden Chest: Plans for a storage box that doubles as a camp stool
  • Oseberg Sea Chest
  • A Pair of Transportable, Take-Down Boxes and some break-down panel chests made from the pattern
  • Plywood Furniture Plans
  • Quick and Easy Storage Boxes
  • A Replica Viking Chest, based on the Mästermyr Find
  • Saher's Reliquary
  • 17th Century Boarded Chest
  • A 6-Board Box
  • A Small Medieval Chest (also here
  • World of Wood

    Furniture Construction: Tables

  • Ancient Tables (PDF)
  • Camp Furniture
  • An Elizabethan Table Project for Experienced Carpenters (PDF) (or here)
  • 15th Century "St. Jerome's" Table; also a fold-down variation
  • Folding Table
  • The Most Simple Period Table I Could Make
  • Plywood Furniture Plans
  • A Portable Trestle Table (PDF)
  • Replica of a Viking Table based on the Sala Hytta Find
  • Trestle Table
  • Trestle Tables
  • A Tudor Table of the year A.D. 1520 (PDF)
  • Very Simple Table

    Other Furniture Construction

  • Banner Stand
  • A Carrier for Pavillion Poles
  • The Keg Project
  • Medieval Chandeliers
  • Medieval Woodworking: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
  • Music Stand
  • A 16th Century German Wheelbarrow

    Stefan's Florilegium

  • Beds
  • Chairs
  • Furniture
  • Tools
  • Wood
  • Wood-Bending
  • Wood Finishes
  • Woodworking

    Mailing Lists

  • Medieval Encampment Guild

    The Tournaments Illuminated Index

  • Furniture
  • Furniture: Beds
  • Furniture: Benches
  • Furniture: Chairs
  • Furniture: Chests
  • Furniture: Tables
  • Furniture: Miscellaneous
  • Woodworking

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