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Title: Well Written and Beautifully Illustrated Pattern Book
Review: I was very pleased with my purchase of "Federal Style Patterns - 1780-1820". Working for a manufacturer of architectural products, I had a very basic understanding of early American styles. Reading this book greatly enhanced my understanding of the Federal Style. "Federal Style Patterns" is a very well written, beautifully illustrated resource for interior architectural trim and millwork. They even supply all their drawings in CADD so that architects, builders, craftsmen and homeowners can utilize the detailed drawings for their own projects. It is not intended as a comprehensive study of all periods and variations of the Federal Style. Rather this book focuses, as stated by the authors in the preface, on the "Traditional Phase" as practiced in New England between 1780 and 1820
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