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Books for Scratch Staircase Building
WeekendMiniaturist posted a topic in Books, Magazines & Research
I have always admired miniaturists who build wonderful staircases in roomboxes and their dollhouses. I remember Paul Moore had (from memory) created the Winterthur Staircase and it was shown on the inside cover of the back of a Miniature Collector Magazine. In my recent quest of stairbuilding and I had a nice conversation with Peter Kendall at Guild School and he recommended a book, A Treatise on Stairbuilding & Handrailing by W&A Mowat. (Excellent Book.) I also purchased, Constructing Staircases, Balustrades & Landings by William P. Spence and Taunton's Building Stairs fr -
Recently, I was researching tool chests and Lost Art Press came up in my search results. If other miniaturists are interested in making Campaign Furniture, I thought this book might be a good resource. It is interesting that Lost Art Press makes their re-issued books available in digital pdf format too, and you can buy it electronically for half price of the printed version... at least this gives us a less expensive option for research. I have not personally seen a copy of the original or re-issued book and only know Lost Art Press from reading the blog.
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A great addition to any grand house is a library and that brings you to the issue of how to fill them with books. You can make mock up rows of books, but if you're like me, and want to do it the 'right way' you can't ignore The Miniature Book Society. Their site holds a list of publishers dedicated to the smaler scales, so worth to have a look if you think of buying (a few) really neat miniature books. http://www.mbs.org
