 |
|
|
|
|
|
Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #150
Dennis Bork
Bork, who was a wood pattern maker for 12 years, turned his furniture-making hobby into a business in 1985. This Philadelphia highboy (23 in. deep by 43 in. wide by 97 in. tall) is an exact reproduction of a piece his client saw in Treasures of State (out of print). Made of walnut with curly walnut drawer fronts, all of the boards were handplaned. The case is joined with hand-cut dovetails. It took Bork approximately 10 weeks to complete the piece. The finish is shellac and tung oil. Photo by Greg Gent.
|
|
|
|
Lloyd Parcell
Parcell, a chemist who retired early to pursue a career in woodworking, built this Newport tall clock (10 in. deep by 183/4 in. wide by 951/2 in. tall) as a gift for his former neighbor. Made of Honduras mahogany with yellow pine as a secondary wood, it is finished with a water- soluble aniline dye and a hand-rubbed nitrocellulose lacquer. The clock is a reproduction of one Parcell saw in American Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (out of print). The movement is from the Kieninger Clock Co. in Germany. Photo by Philip Neff
|
|
|
|
Charles E. Rinehart
Adapted from a design of a Philadelphia side chair he saw in American Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (out of print), Rinehart built five of these Chippendale-style chairs. Each chair (21 in. deep by 21 in. wide by 38 in. tall) is made of mahogany and finished with a diluted dye stain, Water Lox, wiping varnish and an asphaltum glaze. Photo by Campbell Photos Inc
|
|
|
|
Edward H. Willer
Willer started making this cradle for his first grandchild, but it took him a little longer than expected and wasn't completed until his second grandchild was born. Based on an 18th-century Maryland cradle Willer saw at a museum in Raleigh, N.C., the cradle (25 in. wide by 42 in. long by 26 in. high) is made of walnut. The sides are joined by double-beveled hand-cut dovetails. The finish is a water-based aniline dye, Danish oil and wax
|
|
|
|
|
