You can also read about the making of this cabinet-on-chest by clicking the links below.
A George III Mahogany Cabinet-on-Chest – Part One
A George III Mahogany Cabinet-on-Chest – Part Two
A George III Mahogany Cabinet-on-Chest – Part Three
A George III Mahogany Cabinet-on-Chest – Part Four
A George III Mahogany Cabinet-on-Chest – Part Five
A George III Mahogany Cabinet-on-Chest – Part Six
A George III Mahogany Cabinet-on-Chest – Part Seven
A George III Mahogany Cabinet-on-Chest – Part Eight
A George III Mahogany Cabinet-on-Chest – Redux
The four chest panels consist of two boards each, rubbed together.
The bare carcase assembled.
Narrow dustboard trenches with wider, dovetailed divider housings.
Mahogany-lipped drawer divider dovetailed into carcase.
The base moulding and bracket feet glued in place.
Rear foot arrangement.
Base moulding and bracket foot.
Top moulding.
The bare chest carcase ready for drawers and back boards.
Back of drawer showing drawer bottom and runner glued into rebate in drawer side.
Cockbead rebates in drawer front.
The cockbeading glued around the drawer fronts.
Drawer stops glued in place.
The back boards are attached with cut nails.
The chest in-the-white.
Underside of drawer dividers and dustboards.
The ‘cut-in’ shelf supports.
The panelled back. mcaboc_210911_02a
Fielded panels. mcaboc_210911_04a
The bottom astragal moulding and fluted section glued to the cornice frame.
Cutting the dentil moulding.
Cornice locating blocks.
Corner blocks and glue blocks in place.
The finished cornice atop the cabinet.
Turning the spandrel mouldings.
Spandrel and circular astragal moulding.
The finished door frames.
All sealed up.
The finished doors.
The cabinetwork completed.
Aniline-lacquered arsedine.
The brasses installed.
The completed cabinet-on-chest.
The chest.
Bracket foot.
The cornice.
One of the spandrels.
Drawers.
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