Reclaimed wood A field guide
Book - 2019
Wood reclaimed from old houses, factories, barns, water tanks, and boardwalks has become a valuable commodity, treasured for the patina that gives witness to its history. Our ancestors built well, using locally sourced lumber that expressed the culture and natural history of their region: oak and pine in the Northeast; hickory and cypress in the South; Douglas fir and redwood in the West. Reclaimed Wood: A Field Guide is the first complete visual handbook to this popular resource, covering history, culture, salvage, sources, contemporary uses (in buildings and furniture), and practical advice.
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- Published
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New York, NY :
Abrams
[2019]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
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- Physical Description
- 239 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781419738180
- Reclaimed wood
- A short history of wood in America
- Sources of reclaimed wood. Old houses and apartment buildings ; Barns ; Industrial buildings ; Wooden tanks ; Curious and uncommon
- Reclamation
- Designing with reclaimed wood
- A tree's story
- Glossary.