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Picture This XC

Posted on 14th June 2016 by Jack Plane

I have written previously on the topic of (usually vernacular) furniture that employs largely unfashionable or domestic timbers in its construction. Here again is an example of case furniture – a sophisticated cabinet-on-chest in this instance – anomalously moulded and … Continue reading →

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Picture This LXXX

Posted on 6th March 2016 by Jack Plane

In their upcoming sale at Donnington Priory, Dreweatts describe lot 284, a walnut featherbanded cabinet-on-chest, as “Queen Anne, circa 1710, in George II style”. The cabinetmaker credited with this astonishing prescience is one John Peter Allix (1749-1807). Jack Plane

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

Posted on 14th October 2011 by Jack Plane

Glue blocks were positioned round the periphery of the cabinet top to positively locate the cornice (fig. 1). Fig. 1. Cornice locating blocks. With all the cornice mouldings worked and glued to the cornice frame, I rubbed split corner blocks … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 12th September 2011 by Jack Plane

The fronts of these drawers are mahogany, but the sides, backs and bottoms are pine. The quality of the original cabinet-on-chest would suggest the linings would have been oak; however, good oak – let alone quarter-sawn oak – is virtually … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 27th August 2011 by Jack Plane

Some years ago we moved into a larger house and to help furnish a small bedroom, we bought a no-frills pine open-bookcase atop a chest of drawers. Aside from being unutterably ugly, the issue I have had with the piece … Continue reading →

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