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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #168
Claude Ruel
Made of quartersawn white oak, this demilune table (13 in. deep by 28 1/4 in. wide by 31 3/4 in. tall) features a diamond-point veneered top. The top and apron are inlaid with ebony, while each of the leg bottoms has ebony accents. The bird’s-eye maple drawer runs on full-extension slides made of blackwood. The table has a tung-oil finish.
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Marcus Collier
After attending an American Craft Council conference, Collier was inspired to make this tansu dresser. The circa 1850 reproduction (18 in. deep by 28 in. wide by 30 in. tall) is a loose interpretation of a piece he saw in the book Traditional Japanese Furniture (Kodansha International, 1986). Made of black walnut, the dresser displays some natural-edged boards and iron drawer pulls. The finish is polyurethane.
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Bill Lindau
Lindau turned to the influences of Sam Maloof and Robert Erikson when he set out to build this rocking chair and table lamp. The rocker (41 in. deep by 24 in. wide by 48 in. tall) is made of walnut and features a curly-maple back and a leather seat. The Mission-style walnut table lamp stands 60 in. tall and has an antique glass shade. Both pieces have an oil-and-varnish finish.
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Mitch Mandel
Having always admired the spare elegance of James Krenov’s work, Mandel strove to capture that spirit when he built this display cabinet (18 in. deep by 24 in. wide by 67 1/2 in. tall) to store a set of silverware he had inherited. Made of black walnut, tiger maple, and purpleheart, the cabinet features curved legs set at 45° to the case, and a slightly curved front with flat glass panels. It is finished with oil and varnish.
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