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Albert G. Glidden
A practical early-20th-century woodworking voice, best known for a hands-on guide that champions simple design, solid joinery, and furniture built to last. His work speaks directly to readers who want to make useful, beautiful things with their own hands.
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Hand made furniture and how to make it
by Albert G. Glidden
About the author
Albert G. Glidden is known for Hand made furniture and how to make it, originally published in Spokane, Washington, by the Hand Made Furniture Shop in 1910. The book is a concise, approachable manual for home craftsmen, covering tools, sharpening, joinery, surface preparation, finishing, and measured plans for household furniture.
What survives clearly in the record is the book itself rather than a detailed personal biography. From that work, Glidden comes across as a practical advocate for hand-built furniture and for the kind of honest, durable design often associated with the Arts and Crafts era.
Because reliable biographical sources on his life are scarce, it is safest to remember him chiefly through this woodworking guide, which has remained available through major public-domain and library collections and continues to interest modern readers of craft and do-it-yourself writing.