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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #177
Bill Gullberg
Designed to be used at a 46-in.-high countertop, this Windsor-style chair (24 in. deep by 21 in. wide by 55 in. tall) has a poplar seat, sugar-maple legs and stretchers, and a hickory bow and spindles. The lowest spindle serves as a kind of ladder rung, providing a helpful boost into the seat. Gullberg finished the chair with satin lacquer over milk paint.
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Mark Dutton
Dutton’s design for this armoire was inspired by his visit to the Stickley furniture plant in Manlius, N.Y., and driven by his need for a cabinet to store both clothing and a television in his bedroom. The walnut used for the carcase and drawer fronts came from a tree that was cut down to make room for a public library expansion. The drawer sides are hard maple. Two additional drawers are hidden behind the cabinet doors. The piece (24 in. deep by 44 in. wide by 68 in. tall) is finished with four coats of orange shellac and features Mackintosh hardware from Horton Brasses Inc. Photo by Bob Glawe
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Garrett Hack
Hack made this small table (he calls it a demi demilune) for the annual auction of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association. Measuring 13 in. deep by 33 in. wide by 30 in. tall, the table features cherry legs with holly string inlay and birch-plume panels outlined with holly and ebony in a dot/dash inlay pattern. The oval front-panel is bird’s-eye maple. On top, a small box mimics the elliptical shape of the tabletop. Hack signed the box lid in Morse code using a fine dot/dash inlay on a field of crotch cherry and bird’s-eye maple. The finish is oil and varnish, followed by shellac.
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Donald Montemurro
After reading an article about Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Montemurro wanted to reproduce a dining chair Mackintosh originally had designed for the Ingram Street Tea Rooms in Glasgow, Scotland. On a visit to England, Montemurro was able to view and measure the chair firsthand at London’s Design Museum. His reproduction (15 in. deep by 16 in. wide by 59 in. tall) is made of red oak, ebonized with black dye, and finished with five coats of Deft Danish oil followed by two coats of black shoe polish. The seat fabric was chosen from a historical collection produced in Austria. Montemurro donated the chair to a charity auction that raises funds for disadvantaged children. Photo by Bill Mills |
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