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A History of the Amateur Woodworking Movement

A Decade-by-Decade Narrative of Amateur Woodworking in America From 1900 to 2000
Primary Sources: -- Documents of the Woodworking Movement

An Online Book -- Raymond McInnis -- Amateur Woodworker

 
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Chap 1 Chap 2 Chap 3 Chap 4 Chap 5 Chap 6
Chap 7 Chap 8 Chap 9 Chap 10 Chap 11 Chap 12

Headnote for Manuals    Manuals by Decade

1900-before 1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950
1951-1960 1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000 2001-later

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Part 3:-- The Arts and Crafts Movement Under the Radar, 1915-1970

[under construction 4-27-09]

As far as the crafts are concerned, it is difficult to find any other major US industrial designer of his generation as firmly embedded as Charles Eames in the Arts and Crafts traditions of 'right making', honesty of construction, truth to materials and joy in labour.

Source: Pat Kirkham, "Humanizing Modernism: the Crafts, 'Functioning Decoration' and the Eameses", Journal of Design History 11 No. 1 1998 page 17