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How to Restore and Repair Practically Everything - Softcover

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Johnson, Lorraine

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9780718130442: How to Restore and Repair Practically Everything
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0718130448 ISBN 13: 9780718130442
Publisher: Penguin Books, 1990

Synopsis

This guide is designed to appeal to restorers of all abilities, answering questions such as how to replace missing pieces from lacquered boxes. Containing 14 chapters on specific materials and their methods of application, this text is supplemented by step-by-step diagrams and photographs. Lorraine Johnson is the author of "The Decorator's Directory" and "The Book of Looks".

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About the Author

Lorraine Johnson is the author of the bestselling Decorator s Directory, and the subsequent Gardener s Directory, as well as light-hearted reference work on fashion, The Book of Looks. She was the co-author on Osborne & Little: Decorated Room. How to Restore and Repair Practically Everything is a result of eight years of continuing interest and meticulous research in the field of restoration for amateurs.

Review

"A wonderful source book of useful advise - a very comprehensive book." -- Daily Telegraph

"This is a book which has a place in most practical homes and is an extremely good buy." -- Woodworking Crafts

"This revised and expanded guide offers both step-by-step instruction for furniture and decorative item repair, but at the same time offers history lessons on all aspects of furniture, making it a useful resource for people shopping for furniture as well as those restoring." -- Home & Design "Many how-to-books depend largely on your imagination to pull a project together.Fortunately, that is not the case with this superbly illustrated volume, which can walk you through any repair or restoration.There are 14 chapters that focus on the materials and methods needed to put together glass, bamboo, leather, upholstery, stone, paper and whatever else if falling apart.Just because something is broken doesn't mean you should throw it away.The know-how to fix it is in this book."Country Almanac, Summer 2005

'...A clear, interesting and useful book.' -- Hampstead and Highgate Express

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0718130448
ISBN 13 
9780718130442
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
192
Rating
  • 4.07 out of 5 stars
    15 ratings by Goodreads