tag: chippendale

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Carving (Branding) the Lowboy

Killenwood, member | November 21st, 2012

My previous blog entry showed a video of the building of the Philadelphia Lowboy in SketchUp. Several of the components in the SketchUp model showed the carving that is typical of these pieces. These...

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Chippendale Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Michael DisanoDisano built this cherry and poplar chest of drawers from plans by Carlyle Lynch (1909-1989). Lynch, a woodworker and teacher of woodworking, was known for creating detailed...

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Tree Dining Chairs

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Worth SquireWhen designing these chairs, Squire set out to stay true to the Chippendale form but also incorporate a tribute to trees. He harvested, milled, and dried the walnut himself...

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Gratz Highboy Reproduction

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Joel Ficke This highboy was Ficke’s first attempt at reproducing early American furniture, and he built it under the instruction of Gene Landon. The original, known as the Gratz...

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Chippendale Side Chair Reproduction

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Tony Kubalak The quality, variety, and number of carved elements make this reproduction of a Chippendale side chair the most ambitious project Kubalak has done to date. The knee carving...

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Chippendale Pembroke Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Tom Witzig Tables in Albert Stack's The New Fine Points of Furniture and in a Master Class article by Eugene Landon ( Fine Woodworking #151 ) inspired Tom Witzig to create his own...

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Chippendale Tea Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Gerald Curry Curry based this piece on several tea tables made by the Townsend/Goddard craftsmen of Newport, Rhode Island. He points out that unlike a lot of period furniture he has...

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Chippendale Mirror

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Steve Latta During the late 18th century, elaborately framed mirrors, known as looking glasses, served as testimonials to the wealth of their owners. A looking glass similar to theone...

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Chest-on-chest

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Richard Gies Interested in furnishing their 1830 Quaker farmhouse with circa 1780-1850 pieces, Gies and his wife borrowed elements from three period pieces to design and build this...

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Newport Tall Clock

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Randall O'Donnell This reproduction Newport block-front tall case clock built by Indiana-based furniture maker Randall O'Donnell, features handmade brass movement and hardware, a...

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Chippendale Side Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Freddy Roman Roman built this side table based on a Chippendale design. It features a number of hand-carved elements, including a taurus molding around three sides of the table top, a...

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Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Chippendale-style chest of drawers by Mac Campbell. The chest is accented with reeded quarter columns, cock beading, carved feet and brass pulls. The construction of the reeded columns for this mahogany chest are outlined in FW#93, pp. 81-83.

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Chippendale-style Chair

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Mizell added a Texas flair to this Chippendale-style chair. It features the lone star carved on the back splat, a crest-rail armadillo and a silhouette of the Alamo at the base of the splat.

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Dunlap-style Secretary

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Commissioned by U.S. Senator Judd Gregg (R.N.H), Smith made this Dunlap-style replica with curly maple and finished it with a hand-brushed varnish.

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Corner Cabinet

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Lowe’s Chippendale-style corner cabinet does double duty as an entertaiment center. Made with a trapezoidal back Lowe was able to gain enough interior space to house a TV. See his construction methods in FW#106, pp. 82-85.

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Newport-style Secretary

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 20121 comment

Newport-style secretary by Irion Co. Furniture Makers

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Block-Front Bureau

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Boston block-front bureau by John Bueti.

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Piecrust Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Piecrust table by Robert Richards.

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Pennsylvania-style Spice Boxes

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

These Pennsylvania-style spice boxes feature the use of figured walnut highlighted with brass hardware. The pieces are put together with traditional hand-cut dovetail joinery. See article in FW#124, pp. 37-41.

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18th-Century-style Side Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Erpelding’s cherry and ebony side table incorporated multiple design elements of 18th-century furniture. The diamond pattern on the sides and top are his interpretation of Chippendale fretwork.

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