The Shaker style (The creative process -- The Shakers : a nineteenth-century genius -- Shaker antiques -- The origins of Shaker design -- Thos. Moser, cabinetmakers) -- Materials (A covenant with wood -- Classification of wood -- Wood species -- Harvesting the forest -- Measuring board feet -- Handling and curing lumber -- Grain characteristics -- Wood figure -- Open and closed grain -- Grading lumber -- Other shop materials -- Abrasives -- Hardware -- Dowels -- Pulls and knobs -- Hinges -- The quality of materials) -- Tools (The nature of workmanship -- Hand tools -- Portable power tools -- Stationary tools -- The workbench -- Shop layout) -- Building processes (Options -- Gluing up panels -- Joint construction -- Building case pieces -- Building tables -- Drawer construction -- Making and hanging doors -- Mouldings -- Finishing techniques -- Living with Shaker furniture) --

Measured drawings (Small handy stool -- Two-stepper -- Boyker bench -- Candle shelf -- Hanging shelves -- Mirror -- Wood box -- Six-board blanket chest -- Common bench -- Lap desk -- Large round stand -- Small round stand -- Hanging cupboard -- Long bookcase -- Vertical bookcase -- Four-door & drawer side chest -- Six-drawer side chest -- Four-door side chest -- Pewter cupboard -- Dr. White's chest -- Five-drawer chest -- Ten-drawer chest -- Canterbury cupboard -- Trestle table -- Trestle coffee table -- Trestle table desk -- Square end table -- Round extension table -- Harvest table -- Splay-leg dropleaf table -- Stretcher table -- Small writing desk -- Chair table -- Sewing desk -- Blanket box with drawer -- Four-slat ladderback chair -- Armless rocking chair -- Studio stool -- Katahdin chairs -- Deacon's bench -- Low-post bed -- Tall clock -- Wall clock (square face) -- Wall clock (round face) -- Shaker pegboard.