tag: sapele
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Fort Bragg Sideboard
Woodworker: Dan Wacker This sideboard (17-in. deep by 47-in. wide by 32-in. tall) is Wacker’s take on a classic serpentine-front cabinet. The left and right doors are concave on the bottom and...
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Marquetry Wardrobe
Woodworker: Thomas Starbuck Stockton Stockton worked with gallery owners Pat and Steve Kirkish of Healdsburg, Calif., to design this sapele, walnut, and white oak wardrobe for an attorney’s office...
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Modern Desk of Sapele and Maple
Woodworker: Dick SchultzHeavily influenced by Scandinavian design, Cleghorn built this desk (40 in. deep by 64 in. wide by 30 in. tall) from a few thumbnail sketches—building, fitting, and tweaking...
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Wenge, Sapele, and Maple Desk
Woodworker: David RingheimRingheim's goal was to create an eye-catching desk that didn't overwhelm and was comfortable to use. He met the criteria with subtly contrasting woods, curved stretchers...
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Veneered Chest of Drawers
Woodworker: Don GreenGreen designed this chest of drawers to have a modern look, but his construction methods were traditional. He hand-cut all the dovetails and used mortise-and-tenon and halflap...
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Fan Coffee Table
Woodworker: Michael C. Fortune Fortune originally designed this table to occupy the inside corner of a right-angled sectional sofa. He now makes it in different woods and dimensions. This piece...
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Lidded Box
Woodworker: Anatole Burkin This small box took Burkin 30 hours to create, with a big chunk of the time spent tweaking the design, The box is made of sapele, curly maple, and spalted maple; the...
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18th-Century French-style Dining Table
18th-century French dining table by Rob Anderson. The table is made from koa, MDF veneered with pommele sapele, satinwood and purpleheart, and features gilt bronze on the knees and ankles formally known as Ormolu. Ormolu was popular in 18th-century French furnitures as both a decorative and protective element.
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Art Deco-style Coffee Table
Thompson’s elliptical coffee table is made from Pommel sapele and fiddleback makore veneers along with sapele, ebony and cherry. It is finished with clear varnish (top and drawer) and black lacquer (base).
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Cabinet
MacFarlane’s cabinet is made from pommele sapele, quilted maple, ebony and ebonized mahogany. It is finished with gel varnish and wax.
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Hall Table
Knowle’s Louis XV-inspired table is made from mahogany, pommele sapele and ebonized maple. The piece is finished with a catalyzed lacquer.
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Serpentine Desk
Pellegrene built this intricate desk from mahogany and birch with crotch mahogany, sapele and holly veneers. The writing surface is leather. The piece is finished with lacquer over shellac.
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Figured Rocking Chair
Farr crafted this rocking chair from pommel sapele and wenge. It is finished with satin lacquer.
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Adirondack Chair
Michael Ragsdale made an indoor version of the Adirondack chair using sapele and finished it with polyurethane.
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Hall Table
Chitwood’s hall table in sapele. It also uses maple for the molding around the top, and holly pinstripes in the legs. The table is finished with high-gloss tung oil.
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Entertainment Cabinet
Bortz crafted this large entertainment center from walnut. The piece features book-matched pommele sapele veneered door panels, Greek key dentil molding and turned ebony hardware. The cabinet is finished with lacquer.
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Cabinet-on-Stand
Walker crafted this cabinet as a consignment piece to be customized to any client’s wishes. The cabinet is made from quilted sapele, ebonized mahogany and maple, and is finished with polyurethane.
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Art Deco-style Cabinet
Bellonby crafted this Art Deco-style cabinet out of solid and veneered Honduras mahogany. The cabinet features marquetry on the front along with cornices indicative of the period. The piece is finished with varnish.
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Media Console
For the wife. A small media console in sapele on a mahogany base, built without even a sketch. 27.5" high by 15.5" deep by 34" long. Finished with wipe-on poly.
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18 ft Solid Sapele Counter Top
1 commentThe solid sapele kitchen counter top is 1 3/4" thick by 42" wide by 18 ft long. The top was installed in three large sections around the steel posts, glued with Fasco 110 epoxy and secured with tight...
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