Campaign furniture plans

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Reproduction of a Civil War Era officer's camp desk.

"Wedge": portable "campaign" furniture for Linda's, "Order Under Canvas" traveling exhibition.

The design of this mahogany campaign table is very simply but very efficient, packing down to a compact size. As can be seen the top is made out of two hinged pieces, allowing it to half its size when packed. The legs are made of turned and stained beech with steel threads to fix them to the top. When packed they fit into cut outs to the underside of the top to keep them in place during travel. The table is locked open by two bolts, when set up. Hill and Millard's stencil is applied to the…

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Because I spend 18 weeks a year on the road, teaching and researching, I am always relieved when I return home and my key still works in the front door.

With the Roubo workbench class and Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool event behind me, I have returned to the solitude of my own shop and laptop so I can get some Lost Art

Bid Live on Lot 498 in the Jewellery & Watches, followed by General Antiques Auction from Chiswick Auctions.

Charleston, S.C., has always been an excellent place to study British furniture for a lot less money than a plane ticket to Heathrow. Today I spent a few hours stomping up and down King Street…

If I had the luxury of a horse and cart, I think these would offer a decent nights sleep. Not cheap though.

When I had a bunch of woodworkers over to my house recently, they spent some time looking over the Campaign chest I finished recently for an upcoming issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine.

One item of furniture that seemed to be everywhere during the Civil War was a particular style of folding chair that was very popular with officers. Click here to subscribe to Woodworker's Journal and view this premium plan. #PremiumPlan #WoodworkersJournal #Woodworking #Chair #FoldingChair #CivilWar

CHRISTOPHER CLARKE ANTIQUES

The following is excerpted from "Campaign Furniture," by Christopher Schwarz.

An early, Georgian, mahogany Campaign Table with beech and pine secondary wood.The design of this table is interesting in the way that it is made to partially collapse, which is indicative of its age. The legs have knuckle joints halfway up their height and are prevented from folding by the central bar that unites the side stretchers. Once removed the legs will fold as two pairs. The curiosity is that you can only reduce the table's size by halving its height. With later tables, the legs are…

, Military Campaign Secretaire Teak Chest (c.1880). Here is an example of a good quality and rare antique colonial military campaign teak two part secretaire chest of drawers (circa 1880).

Not all pieces of Campaign-style furniture require hours of insetting 30 pieces of flush hardware. In fact, with some pieces you can install all the hardware