Chippendale style thingy I made
Tom Sontag - St. Louis
>This piece began life as various components for an armoire that never got finished. The details were heavily influenced by the Chippendale style chest on chest featured as a frontispiece in Sack�s �Fine Points of Furniture.� I made the feet, base molding, panels and sides and cornice molding, only to set them all aside from a dislike of the proportions of the armoire design. Other projects took precedence (including starting the urban logging operation) until LOML announced that they could be parts to a living room cabinet for storing the bulging CD collection with a shelf for a similarly growing horde of art objects. Great idea.
The whole thing is made of some bargain cherry I had found that turned out to be curly enough to encourage me to buy a really curly piece for the drawer fronts. (This was back in the old days when I actually bought domestic hardwoods). The drawer runners are persimmon and drawer sides are spalted ambrosia maple, both Lumber Logs� urban finds. The base cabinet has 4 undivided drawers for CDs, solid sides and frame and panel back. Using somewhat curly cherry panels for the back seemed kind of weird, but they had too many spider webs on them to not use.
This has clearly been my most ambitious project, including many firsts such as putting a motor on my 1940�s era Delta lathe so I could learn to turn the beaded columns. I am glad to have made it and I am glad it is done. I think I�ll try some small boxes next.
Apologies for the photo qualities. I've never adapted to auto focus. Process pictures below....
