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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #161
Bill Cox
Cox built this Newport-style block-front secretary (22 1/4 in. deep by 45 in. wide by 103 1/2 in. tall) for a class while he was a student at Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif. Cox’s inspiration for this monumental six-month undertaking came from seeing John McAlister Jr.’s secretary on the back cover of FWW #129. Cox said McAlister’s assistance proved crucial in the completion of this piece. The secretary is made of Honduras mahogany and features book-matched side panels, solid drawer fronts, a sliding-panel writing surface and nine hidden compartments. The exterior is finished with oil, and the interior is coated with shellac. Photo by Archie Breeden
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Keith S. Cornell and
Paul N. Smith II
Cornell and Smith built this dining table (41 in. deep by 84 in. wide by 30 in. tall) as part of a two-piece set. The design was inspired by the desires of the client, as well as by a similar table built by an old shopmate of Cornell’s and an Art Deco table built by Henri Jules Ferdinand Bellery-Desfontaines, featured in French Decorative Art: The Societe Des Artistes Decorateurs 1900-1942 (Flammarion, 1990). Made of Honduras mahogany, the table features three crotch mahogany veneer starbursts and ebony inlay borders in the top. The finish is catalyzed lacquer.
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Gerald C. Lauchle
Lauchle, a professor of acoustics, built this Peruvian mahogany Chippendale chair (18 in. deep by 17 in. wide by 42 in. tall) to accompany a Georgian slant-top desk he built earlier. The design was based on plans in Ron Clarkson’s Making Classic Chairs: A Craftsman’s Chippendale Reference (Fox Chapel Publishing Co., 1997), and traditional hand-carving techniques were used in the chair’s construction. The upholstery is velvet, and the finish is an oil stain and sprayed acrylic lacquer.
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David F. Moyer
With a love of period furniture and a need for a special wedding gift, Moyer researched and then built this figured walnut Pennsylvania spice box (12 1/4 in. deep by 16 in. wide by 23 3/8 in. tall). "The width and height of the box were determined by my desire to maximize the size of the raised-panel door," said Moyer. The walnut door is highlighted on the outside with line-and-berry inlay, while on the inside it is inlaid with a heart and date. The spice box is finished with six coats of linseed oil.
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