HUDDERSFIELD woodcarver Joseph Hemingway has been hailed in a new book published in the USA.
Mr Hemingway features in the book examining how renowned 18th century cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale has influenced later craftsmen.
The book, Celebrating Thomas Chippendale: 250 Years Of Influence, was written by American furniture historian and expert Rene Bilodeau.
Mr Hemingway is profiled in the book, which also contains pictures of some of his work.
They include the "impossible" chair, which Chippendale designed and illustrated but never constructed.
Mr Hemingway won international recognition as the first master woodcarver to turn Chippendale's vision into reality when he built two of them.
Mr Hemingway, who runs Thomas Chippendale Furniture at Meltham Road, Armitage Bridge, has already been awarded an honorary degree from Cosmopolitan University, Missouri, for creating the "impossible" chairs.
He has also travelled to America to show the completed chairs.
Now he is working on another intricate piece - a replica of Chippendale's ribbon-backed chair from the 1760s.
He has also been invited to judge the wood carving competition at the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate in July.
Mr Hemingway said: "It is nice to get some recognition in the book and it has had a good press in the States."
