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Die Kommode mit funf Schubladen
… 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
Posted in Books
Tagged almond, bail handle, box wood, bracket foot, chest of drawers, crossbanding, George I, stringing, Virginia walnut
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Picture This XV
I don’t know much about early North American furniture other than they seem to have no idea when it was made. Early on in the settlement of the colony, English joiners crossed the Atlantic, bringing with them, prevailing tastes and … Continue reading
A George II Virginia Walnut Chest of Drawers – Part Five
The day began with dense cold fog, but by mid morning the sun had burnt through it and I had a fine afternoon in which to finish the cabinetwork. I’m skipping over much of the drawer making because I will … Continue reading
Posted in Case Furniture
Tagged backboards, cabinetwork, carcase, drawer dividers, drawers, pine, Virginia walnut
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A George II Virginia Walnut Chest of Drawers – Part One
I have been contemplating a mid-eighteenth-century Virginia Walnut chest for some time, but until lately I didn’t have any specifics to hand. I could have drawn on several decades of experience and constructed a chest in the style of, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Case Furniture
Tagged Chippendale, Juglans nigra, mahogany, Robert Walpole, Virginia walnut
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Walnut in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Centuries
English or European walnut (Juglans regia) was the most important furniture timber in Britain during the latter half of the seventeenth-century and the first half of the eighteenth-century. In truth, were this timber [Juglans regia] in greater plenty amongst us, … Continue reading
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