Shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture: 23 American Arts and Crafts Masterpieces (Fox Chapel Publishing) Paperback – Illustrated, February 1, 2007

I am going to disagree with the negative reviews of this book. Robert Lang in his introduction, explains what he thinks of as limitations of the book - some of those being that he had limited or no access to the actual pieces, and that the plans were developed in part by some educated guessing.The book itself is very nicely printed on heavy gloss paper, with a number of color photographs - really a very nice book. There is quite a lot of introductory material - much more than in his other measured drawings books. I think that this book should be used in conjunction with the Darrel Peart books, and other material, such as the many photograph collection books on Greene and Greene.

I was expecting a book showing the drawings for some furniture pieces. Boy was I surprised. There are excellent drawings of course, but Lang also delves into the history of the times as well as the Greene brothers. Then there is some excellent material on how to actually build the 23 pieces that are shown along with photographs and shop hints. If you are interested in duplicating some of this fine work, get this book!

The book had several very useful suggestions for techniques in construction of pieces not limited to G&G style but applicable to any style. Drawings were of little value to my endeavors as my work is primarily of small pieces.

I am a retired old guy who has developed a real love for the Greene & Greene style furniture. I build furniture for family and friends and almost all pieces have some or all of the Greene Brother's styling. This book has a good narrative about the Greene Brother's, quality photos, and outstanding detailed plans. If you love Arts & Crafts furniture design, this book must be on your shelf for ready reference.

Great Book, with sketches of Greene and Greene furniture. If you wanted to you could build from these drawings.

The shop drawings are great and exactly what I needed.

Love the Greens!

I bought this book as a companion to Darrell Peart's book on how to make the details. If you are going to replicated any of the designs you will need both books. This book has many more shop drawings and details that you will not find in Mr. Peart's book and it also has many more pieces of furniture to look at and see how the Greene & Greene details changed itself over time but the common style areas remained the same. The detailed dimensions and shop drawings are invaluable if your are thinking of making any pieces within this style, because the dimensions are what makes the style unique. I think that's why I have been drawn to make some of these pieces as you can create your own details within the style and everyone would recognize the Greene & Green influence.