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Townsend queen anne chest in curly maple - TomFromStLouis - 02-05-2015
I was impressed long ago by the beautiful simplicity of John Townsend's Queen Anne chest featured in Jeffrey Greene's spectacular "American Furniture of the 18th Century". The book included a full frontal photo I could scale from plus an exploded drawing showing construction details; enough to make the piece.
I had some silver maple set aside that had some moderate curl to some of the boards. I had practiced dovetails but never actually featured them as this piece does. This project is larger than most I tackle and would require careful craftsmanship, so I do not apologize for setting it aside twice and taking a total of four years to finally finish it.
Here is what I worked from:
Big drawer just out of clamps:
They cleaned up just fine:
Time to fit drawers:
Feet and moldings - all shaped by hand - are on, time for some tung oil:
I was worried about the through dovetails on the top; I think they came out okay:
I spent as much time applying the finish as it seemed to want. Most of the curl was featured on top and front.
The piece makes our stairway landing into a tiny room, with storage!
Brasses from Londonderry.
Re: Townsend queen anne chest in curly maple - MarkSingleton - 02-05-2015
In a word, Beautiful.
Re: Townsend queen anne chest in curly maple - mbw - 02-05-2015
In another word,
Outstanding
Re: Townsend queen anne chest in curly maple - BrokenOlMarine - 02-05-2015
I love curly and spaulted woods. Beautiful job.
Re: Townsend queen anne chest in curly maple - SCMedLion - 02-05-2015
Very nice. I can't tell from the small pic of exploded drawings, but did the original call for exposed dovetails on top, or would they have been "hidden/mitered" dovetails?
Re: Townsend queen anne chest in curly maple - Latech15 - 02-05-2015
I love it. You should be very proud.
Re: Townsend queen anne chest in curly maple - shoottmx - 02-05-2015
'Tis a thing of beauty!!
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Re: Townsend queen anne chest in curly maple - Scoony - 02-05-2015
Very nice indeed.
Re: Townsend queen anne chest in curly maple - Martin S. - 02-05-2015
Excellent work, Tom!
Well done and thanks for posting the pics.
Re: Townsend queen anne chest in curly maple - Steve N - 02-05-2015
love that curl