On this page you will find links to digital copies of online books.
Free ebooks - Project Gutenberg
Go to this website by clicking Project Gutenberg above. Type in word in search box and click return. For example below is a good book on Woodworking joints.
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Woodwork Joints, by William Fairham
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21531/21531-h/21531-h.htm
The A to Z of Architectures / Furniture designers
http://architecture.about.com/od/architectsaz/
The Royal Victoria & Albert Museum lots of old pieces of furniture on show here in this museum try the search box.
MoMa the collection of everything artistic furniture and designers.
Gustav Stickley
http://www.stickleymuseum.com/
Victorian
Victorian Cradles are called many things such as cots and cribs aswel. Cradles tend to imply that the baby's bed swings rocking the baby to sleep whereas a cot is stationary.
Another great Resource is Internet Archive.
Type Designer name into search box and click return.
Mackintosh
http://architecture.about.com/
http://www.smow.com/en/products/seating/argyle.html
Thonet
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/
http://www.moma.org/
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/the-bentwood-chairs-of-gebrude-110212
http://www.ehow.com/how_8610464_tell-thonet-bentwood-wicker-rocker.html
Compulsory Safety National Standards
Irish safety standards can be found in the Irish Statute Book
Section 28 of the National Standards Authority of Ireland Act, 1996, sets out regulations governing “the safe use of commodities and safe practices”.
The Act empowers the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to prohibit the manufacture, storage, supply, sale or exhibition of goods which fail to comply with the requirements of the relevant Irish Standards or their equivalent.
You can access the National Standards Authority of Ireland here
Take note of the I.S. number and year and enter it into the Irish Statute book to read the document relating to that I.S. number.
Click the I.S. number in blue to read this section. I.S.250 Safety Requirements for Children’s Cots. Covered by S.I. 232/1983 Industrial Research and Standards (Section 44) (Children's Cots) Order, 1983
Fire Safety for furniture http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1995/en/si/0316.html
