Classic Forms is an indispensable resource for turners craftspeople architects & designers. Topics & designs include mouldings columns pedestals vases (Kraters tazzas bowls & urns) balusters sun dials basins tables candlesticks lamps stair rails table & chair legs finials handles feet & cord pulls How to turn an object from a design & Improving a design. Highly visual Classic Forms contains over 90 photographs & more than 500 line drawings which can easily be used in making artefacts. It brings together in a new way foundational concepts from Ancient Greece & Rome & the extensive range of designs in many materials which have evolved from them. It will be invaluable in workshop studio design office or study.