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JayPique

21/01/2011 8:02 PM

Resource for standard furniture sizes?

I'm looking for a book that has the standard sizes generally used for
furniture - like dining tables are 30" high by x by y for 6 people and
chair seats are 18" etc... Sort of like a fact book or guidelines
book I'm not sure what to call it. Suggestions?


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Jim

in reply to JayPique on 21/01/2011 8:02 PM

21/01/2011 10:42 PM

On Jan 21, 11:02=A0pm, JayPique <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm looking for a book that has the standard sizes generally used for
> furniture - like dining tables are 30" high by x by y for 6 people and
> chair seats are 18" etc... =A0Sort of like a fact book or guidelines
> book I'm not sure what to call it. Suggestions?

I use "Illustrated Cabinetmaking" by Bill Hylton

http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Cabinetmaking-Design-Construct-Furniture/=
dp/1565233697/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1295678419&sr=3D8-1

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to JayPique on 21/01/2011 8:02 PM

21/01/2011 11:58 PM

On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:42:21 -0800 (PST), Jim <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Jan 21, 11:02 pm, JayPique <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm looking for a book that has the standard sizes generally used for
>> furniture - like dining tables are 30" high by x by y for 6 people and
>> chair seats are 18" etc...  Sort of like a fact book or guidelines
>> book I'm not sure what to call it. Suggestions?
>
>I use "Illustrated Cabinetmaking" by Bill Hylton
>
>http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Cabinetmaking-Design-Construct-Furniture/dp/1565233697/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295678419&sr=8-1

Also _Practical Design Solutions and Strategies_ by FWW.
http://tinyurl.com/48rlp8j

Highland has a dim chart, too.
http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/library/furnituredimensions.pdf

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