John Townsend secretary

I'm fixing to build the doors for this secretary, pictured in Hecksher's book, p. 134-5.  I figure the stock for rails and stiles should be 1 inch thick.  What say ye?

Johnny D.
 
I think the door stock for the Nicholas Brown sect'y that I did had 1 1/8 center door and thinner flanking doors, since they're frame and panel and the center one is solid. I don't have Heckscher's book here, but I'm presuming it's a 3 door........Al
 
The doors on this secretary are plain ole raised panel type, one pair.  I'm asking because of the manner of construction which gives them the appearance of being the overlay type, much the same as lipped drawer fronts.  At each outside edge (right side of right door, etc.) there is a member onto which the door visually lips, but I'm betting that this part is actually part of the door, and further that the entire stile is one piece.  I further guess that this part is 3/4 thick and the lipped part adds 1/4 to the total thickness.  At the join between doors, there is also a member which must be part of one door, onto which the other door lips.  It seems sure that this substile is actually part of the door stile, and that the lipped, proud portion of this door is machined to be proud of it.  Hard to describe.  See my crude sketch.... does this make sense?
 

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You're correct that the "stile" is actually part of the door. There are no real stiles. The lip of one door holds the other one down, and combined with a series of catches, the three door tops have only one real lock-Al
 
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