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Tools - Carpenters & Their Tools

The document discusses 18th century carpenters and carpentry. It provides descriptions of various sources that depict carpenters and carpentry work from the 18th century, including a book on woodworking techniques from 1703, an English tool box from 1819, images depicting carpenters from 1720 and 1770-1771, a mug with the arms of the Carpenters' Company of London from 1724, a trade card of a London carpenter from 1720-1740, a French book on woodworking from 1769-1774, and photographs of a recreated 18th century woodworker's shop in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The document aims to present these sources to educate about 18th
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Tools - Carpenters & Their Tools

The document discusses 18th century carpenters and carpentry. It provides descriptions of various sources that depict carpenters and carpentry work from the 18th century, including a book on woodworking techniques from 1703, an English tool box from 1819, images depicting carpenters from 1720 and 1770-1771, a mug with the arms of the Carpenters' Company of London from 1724, a trade card of a London carpenter from 1720-1740, a French book on woodworking from 1769-1774, and photographs of a recreated 18th century woodworker's shop in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The document aims to present these sources to educate about 18th
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18th Century Material Culture

Carpenters

Carpenters

Mechanick Exercises: Or The Doctrine Of Handy-Works


by Joseph Moxon 1703

Mechanick Exercises: Or The Doctrine Of Handy-Works


by Joseph Moxon 1703

Mechanick Exercises: Or The Doctrine Of Handy-Works


by Joseph Moxon 1703

English Tool Box of George W. Cartwright II who Immigrated from London to New York in 1819
Contents and Box c. 1750 - 1820
(Colonial Williamsburg)

Un charpentier (Carpenter)
by Martin Engelbrecht (Germany) c. 1720
(Colonial Williamsburg)

Study of Carpenters
by John Hamilton Mortimer c. 1770 - 1771
(British Museum)

Earthenware Mug with the Arms of the Carpenters Company of London


London 1724
(British Museum)

Trade Card of John Jennison of London


c. 1720 - 1740
(British Museum)

Andr-Jacques Roubo
L'Art du Menuisier, Paris
1769 - 1774
(New York Public Library)

Work Benches

L'Art du Menuisier, Paris


by Andr-Jacques Roubo 1769 - 1774
(New York Public Library)

The Shop of Luther Sampson


Woodworker / Joiner
Duxbury, Massachusetts

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

The Shop of Luther Sampson, Woodworker / Joiner of Duxbury, Massachusetts


18th Century
(Peter Follansbee, Joiner, Photography)

Acknowledgements
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