Object number
2010/43
Title
Cabinetmaking: The Professional Approach,
Collection
Creator
Description
‘Cabinet making: The Professional Approach’ was written by Alan Peters and published by Stobart and Son Ltd. in 1984. It is hardback book, with a dust jacket, 192 pages, and black and white and colour photographs. Alan Peters (1933–2009) was a British furniture maker who served is apprenticeship with Edward Barnsley before establishing his own workshop. This book is acts as a manual to becoming a professional furniture maker and designer, with discussion of design principles, influences, and business and promotional advice. This object has been deaccessioned and reaccessioned in the University of Reading Library. Please note that this object no longer forms part of the Museum of English Rural Life collection and cannot be accessed at our institution.
Physical description
Book : deaccessioned
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: Hardback book with dust jacket: ‘Cabinet making. The Professional Approach’ by Alan Peters. Published by Stobart & Son Ltd, London, 1984. // 192 pages; b & w and colour photographs. // Dimensions: 22 cm x 28.5 x 2.8 cm. // Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // References: …'
Production place
, Greater London [region]
Production date
1984 - 1984
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