Webinar: The Secrets of Period Proportioning with Steve Brown

Replay! Join furniture maker Steve Brown as he illustrates how the shapes, proportions, moldings, and other details of American period furniture were drawn directly from classical architecture.

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Join furniture maker Steve Brown as he illustrates how the shapes, proportions, moldings, and other details of American period furniture were drawn directly from classical architecture. Brown, a Fine woodworking author and for many years the lead teacher at North Bennet Street School, will share his deep knowledge of the craft and design of period work. Brown has spent decades examining and reproducing period furniture, and his presentation will also explore the impact of tooling and craftsmanship on the design of period furniture.