Good Book on chairmaking?

[Andrew Gibson]

I am Interested in hearing others opinions on sources of information on chair making. mainly dining chairs. I have a chance at a commission for a kitchen set and would like to look into different chair types and construction methods. I personally think a woven seat would suit the client and the style they are interested in, however I would like to gain some knowledge on shaped wood seats.

I am interested in moth hand and power methods.
Books, blogs, pod casts...

Thanks

[Trevor Walsh]

For a nice primer on all different kinds, I like Tauton's Designing and Building Chairs. It has a variety of projects from shaker tape seats to carved seats and bandsawn glued up seats, stick chairs with turned parts and laminated legs... It was really useful in a furniture design class I took in college, our final project was designing and building a chair.

[Gary Newland]

Take a look at "Chairmaking Simplified" by Kerry Pierce. It has a good section on woven seats.

Gary

[Doug Mason]

Of the books I've seen, I found Jeff Miller's chair book to be the best for someone new to chairs. I used it and really liked it (not so much the designs but it got me going)

[Sean Hughto]

Drew Langsner's Chairmaking Workshop hands down:

http://countryworkshops.org/books.html

Also great are John Brown's Welsh Stick Chairs:

http://www.amazon.com/Welsh-Stick-Chairs-John-Brown/dp/0854420835

and Dunbar's Make a Windsor Chair:

http://www.amazon.com/Make-Windsor-Chair-fine-woodworking/dp/0918804213/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293551061&sr=1-1

[James Owen]

Ron Clarkson's Making Classic Chairs is very detailed. It covers making a Chippendale style chair, has good explanations, and lots of photos. The techniques and procedures can be easily adapted to other styles of chairs.

[Andrew Gibson]

Thanks all for the suggestions. I bookmarked all of them and will be keeping my eye out for some of the ones that are out of print and $100+ on the amazon marketplace. EEK*

[paul cottingham]

Of the books I've seen, I found Jeff Miller's chair book to be the best for someone new to chairs. I used it and really liked it (not so much the designs but it got me going)
+1 for Jeff Miller's book.

[michael craigdallie]

here are two blogs on chairs by a couple of chair makers that i really enjoy.

http://greg-aroundtheshop.blogspot.com/2010/12/physical-therapy.html

http://chairnotes.blogspot.com/2010/12/modest-proposal-or-two.html

cheers, michael