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Picture This CXVIII
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
Posted in Antiques, Picture This
Tagged bracket foot, brasses, bureau, burr elm, cockbeading, moulding
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A George II Walnut Serpentine Chest – Part Seven
The external surfaces of the chest were washed down with hot soapy water to remove any wayward glue, grime and fingerprints. The chest was then stained and the first lick of spirit varnish applied to seal it (fig. 1). The … Continue reading
Picture This CVI
When preparing another post recently, I noticed something a little peculiar about this rather glorious chest of drawers (figure 1). Study figures 1, 2 & 3 for the foible before scrolling down to figure 4. Fig. 1. “George II mahogany … Continue reading
A William III Ash Chest-on-Stand – Part Seven
The drawers were constructed in period-correct fashion with through dovetails front and back. The central veneers on the drawer fronts are the more figured stuff from the ends of the leaves of quarter cut veneer I used for the stripy … Continue reading
A William III Ash Chest-on-Stand – Part One
I am taking a sabbatical to recharge my batteries and to make a copy of an adorably quirky, yet hallowed William III ash chest-on-stand (fig. 1) before attending to the final two chests for the book. Fig. 1. William III … Continue reading
Posted in Case Furniture, Furniture Making, Furniture Timbers
Tagged ash, brasses, chest of drawers, chest on stand, crossbanding, drawers, featherbanding, flatsawn, quartersawn, veneer
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A William and Mary Simulated Tortoiseshell Chest of Drawers – Part One
The next little job is a late seventeenth-century William and Mary simulated tortoiseshell chest with two short drawers over three long drawers. This chest is very similar in design to the William and Mary walnut chest of drawers that I … Continue reading
Cleaning Brasses
Curiously, despite recently counselling against the polishing of brasses in Furniture Brasses, a couple of readers emailed me asking how best to go about polishing them. Instanter I referred to Miss Leslie’s House Book for the unequivocal answer which I … Continue reading
Posted in Cabinet Fittings
Tagged brasses, droppings, flannel, handles, muslin, oxalic acid, poison, polishing, turpentine
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A George I Walnut Side Table – Part Five
I want to bring the brasses up to a fairly high lustre when I finally fit them to this piece of furniture, so this colour merely represents what will be left in the nooks and crannies in imitation of handles … Continue reading
Do these drawers make my arsedine* look big?
Today I am in receipt of the brasses for the walnut side table I’m making. The newly arrived brasses. The handles were ordered from Optimum Brasses and quality wise, they are virtually useable as is, with just a few casting … Continue reading
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