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Picture This CXVIII

Posted on 5th February 2018 by Jack Plane

A London dealer recently attributed this bureau (unusually, veneered in burr elm) as George I, circa 1715 and also stated the brasses are original. George II elm bureau, circa 1750-5. The drawer cockbeading places the bureau after 1720 at the … Continue reading →

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Die Kommode mit funf Schubladen

Posted on 21st March 2015 by Jack Plane

… As the non English-speaking George I would have called this five drawer chest – the third of five chests of drawers that I’m making for the up-coming book. This chest dates from around 1720 and employs Virginia walnut veneer … Continue reading →

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Picture This XXVII

Posted on 24th April 2014 by Jack Plane

I mentioned in Bracket Foot Construction how horizontally blocked bracket feet are prone to failure. Recent images to hand evidence the type of damage previously described. Despite the mounds of pine glued behind each of the feet in figures 1 … Continue reading →

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A George II Ash Bureau – Part Ten

Posted on 31st January 2014 by Jack Plane

Notwithstanding my pleas on this blog for help in finding a period brass lock for the bureau’s fall, I have elsewhere been unsuccessful in locating one. The alternatives are not acceptable to me (though I may still make a lock … Continue reading →

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A George III Mahogany Cabinet-on-Chest – Part Eight

Posted on 5th November 2011 by Jack Plane

Staining and polishing furniture in the rain can be frustrating to say the least! Natheless, after much corybantic activity with brush and cloth, the effulgent cabinet-on-chest is completed. “Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.” … Continue reading →

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