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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #143
Joe Willard
This Chippendale chair, 17 in. deep by 18-1/2 in. wide by 36-1/2 in. high, is made of walnut and outfitted with a silk slip seat. Willard started with a photograph from an antique auction catalog and worked out the design without drawings as he built the chair. The finish is linseed oil and turpentine.
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Matthew Putnam
For his third assignment at the William Sayre Woodworking School in Massachusetts, Putnam designed and built this cabinet, which features horse-hoof feet, a Chinese-style "roof" and a rising cloud shape throughout the piece. The cabinet is 11-1/4 in. deep by 17-1/2 in. wide by 62 in. high and is made of bubinga, quartersawn sycamore (drawer sides), camphor wood (drawer bottoms), ebony, nickel-plated brass and hand-blown glass. The finish is a padded blond shellac. Photo by Lisa Clayton.
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Brian E. Harroun
The carcase of this chest of drawers was made from recycled oak pallets, and the rest of the chest was made from #2 common oak and #2 pine for the drawer boxes. The chest, 16 in. deep by 29-5/8 in. wide by 56-1/2 in. high, was fumed with ammonia, then finished with oil-based polyurethane.
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Ted Blachy
Blachy built this sideboard for the annual auction of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters. The sideboard, 20 in. deep by 61-1/2 in. wide by 34 in. high, is made of cherry and features rosewood pulls. The patron who won the bid on this piece has become one of Blachy's regular clients. Photo by Frank Cordelle.
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