18th Century

Watch Dave Richards replicate an early 18th century Spanish console table using native SketchUp tools and some helpful extensions.

Woodworker: Philip C. Lowe Lowe crafted this mahogany lowboy for an article in Fine Woodworking (FWW #200). It's not an exact reproduction, but it captures the spirit of the early…

Woodworker: Steve Latta Latta built this inlaid spice cabinet to commemorate his 10th wedding anniversary. Since Latta and his wife are Quakers living in Chester County, Pa. he picked a…

Woodworker: Bob Steve Steve built this secretary from Lonnie Bird’s “18th-century Pennsylvania Secretary” plans (FWW #154-156). He finished the cherry piece with cherry stain and waterbased...

Woodworker: Richard Gies Gies had been honing his furniture-making skills for 25 years before tackling this tall case clock. To make the piece, a classic example of an 18thcentury...

Woodworker: Fred Shindle This comb-back Windsor is based on the speaker's chair built for The Carpenters' Company, a trade guild, and used at the meeting of the First Continental Congress…

Woodworker: Kenneth Stover These tea tables have a dominant Louis XIV lineage, but Stover adapted the inlay in the tops directly from a music stand (circa 1770-75) attributed to noted…

Woodworker: Eugene E. Landon Eugene Landon, one of the most prolific builders of authentic reproduction furniture, recreated this Philadelphia side chair representing the high point of Colonial Queen...

Woodworker: David Sentesy David Sentesy's butternut sideboard is a careful reproduction of an early 18th-century French-Canadian low buffet with diamond-point carved panels. The piece is finished...

Woodworker: Tom Witzig A lowboy on the cover of Jeffrey Greene's book American Furniture of the 18th Century inspired this Queen Anne-style table by Tom Witzig. Witzig added personal touches...