I finally finished my Lowboy project on Friday and thought I would see what people think!
Most if not all of my projects have a utilitarian purpose, with something needed at our house, a gift, etc., but this one I started last summer(2005) with no other purpose but to practice my carving and joinery. I was sent on the road for work down to Branson, living temporarily without my shop, so I milled up some mahogany and started carving in my hotel room (the small applied shell). I later got my workbench down and started working on the legs, then we moved to Springfield in August. So I got through with other projects and set back to this one a couple of months ago.
This is a Philadelphia Dressing table, modeled after an existing high chest in the Chipstone collection. I took some other lowboys and scaled my dimensions proportionally from there.
Dimensions: 31 1/4" high, by 21" deep, by 35" wide.
Materials: Mahogany and white pine as secondary, Hardware from Ball and Ball
Finish: Water based aniline dye and shellac
As I advance in my period furnituremaking skills (Hopefully), I am trying to capture details that look "right" as they would have been in the 18th century, so feedback is appreciated.
It was a fun project, that took a lot of time and effort.
Thanks for checking it out, Cal