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Picture this LIV
In the earlier post, Picture This XXXV, I illustrated a mid-eighteenth-century mahogany bureau whose top drawer partially concealed the loper pockets. An earlier bureau (fig. 1) with not dissimilar extended drawer fronts sold at Christie’s The Connoisseur’s Eye sale yesterday, … Continue reading
Posted in Antiques, Case Furniture, Drawers, Picture This
Tagged bureau, drawer, lopers, mahogany, walnut
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Picture This XLV Redux
How wrong can one be? Following my (in my defence, not unreasonable – I thought) hypothesis regarding the function of the lopers in Elizabeth Carter’s bureau bookcase in Picture This XLV, I have received a communication from Celine Luppo McDaid, … Continue reading
A George II Ash Bureau – Part Seven
I have omitted the construction of the drawers on this job as I have covered virtually identical work in depth in previous mid-century chests of drawers. Suffice to say their construction adhered to the period norm. The fronts of the … Continue reading
Posted in Case Furniture
Tagged backboards, carcase, cockbead, glue block, lopers, pigeonholes
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A George II Ash Bureau – Part Three
I slathered the dovetails with glue and knocked the carcase together. The dustboards were slipped into their housings with just the drawer dividers glued at the front of the carcase. A pocket – formed by a vertical divider – is … Continue reading
Posted in Case Furniture
Tagged carcase, dovetails, drawer, drawer dividers, dustboards, lipping, lopers
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