Question by biker420: where is the best place on line to find plans for replaca antiques?
i nead plans for a small chest i ounce saw on antiques road show i think it was called a king edwards chest but it had intrecut hidden doors and compartments that all worked togeather all quit marvolusly

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Answer by DianaFan
Hello,
Fairly certain your best approach would be to go to a library as there are many fine publications which have detailed scaled drawings of various pieces from different time frames…..King George would mean 1770-1829…Edwardian is much later. I did not see the Roadshow in question, so getting a date on the piece of furniture you are describing is difficult. Try googling the term Davenport desk (very popular in the Edwardian period) and see if this is the style you wanted to replicate.

Two books I can recommend are:
the Dover copy of the original Chippendale Cabinetmaker’s directory, and Measured Drawings of Eighteenth-Century American Furniture by Ejner Handberg.

Several sites which may be of interest are:

http://www.johnlloydfinefurniture.co.uk/courses/long_courses/default.asp

http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/Gallery/GalleryImage.aspx?id=4545

Good luck with your project!

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