Recent content by FTaylor

If you haven't seen this, it's worth checking out: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/duxbury/2012/11/25/eighteenth-century-woodworker-shop-found-duxbury-said-one-kind/uzWst9in35bHgVoobDS5xK/story.html?s_campaign=8315

In my work, I never quite know whether or not to stain secondary woods?backs of case pieces, insides of drawers, etc.  Commercial reproductions, even the ones well made, always seem to be stained.  But it seems to me 18th century craftsman might not have bothered and that the dark color we see...