https://sapfm.org/ https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/philadelphia-lowboy-1032 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/philadelphia-lowboy-1032 Patterned after an original said to have been owned by Ben Franklin, and attributed to William Savory. (This was a class project at Olde Mill Cabinet Shoppe in York... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:34:27 +0000 1032 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/24/05/40/main-dslowboy-20180401-2043306495-11-1638037721.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-dressing-table-1031 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-dressing-table-1031 The piece is based on the example in Norm Vandal's "Queen Anne Furniture" with some slight modifications, specifically the depth of the apron below the drawers, which was reduced... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:31:36 +0000 1031 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/13/0c/8b/main-hvlowboy-20180401-1313960966-18-1638037721.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-dressing-table-1030 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-dressing-table-1030 The table is based on a reproduction by Norm Vandall, published in Fine Woodworking magazine-January/February 1990. The carcase has mortise and tenon construction, with pins. The legs are sculptured... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:27:29 +0000 1030 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/7a/88/61/main-dmoulderqatable-20180401-1567271853-91-1638037721.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/philadelphia-chippendale-lowboy-1029 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/philadelphia-chippendale-lowboy-1029 Based on plans from Gene Landon. ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:24:14 +0000 1029 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/7b/a7/56/main-dboefflowboy-20180401-1616601752-14-1638037721.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-dressing-table-1028 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-dressing-table-1028 This is a Queen Anne dressing table I completed in February 2012. I used the Plans from Norman Vandal's book on Queen Anne furniture. It is made of curly... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:21:12 +0000 1028 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/eb/65/6c/main-salazarqalowboy-20180401-1150132180-72-1638037721.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/dressing-table-1027 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/dressing-table-1027 Jeff built this dressing table in 2010 using curly cherry and poplar. It is an amalgam of details he liked from dressing tables found in ads from the Magazine... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:14:10 +0000 1027 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/1b/22/eb/main-snelldressingtbl-20180401-2084901868-8-1638037721.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/lowboy-1026 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/lowboy-1026 I made this Queen Anne Lowboy from the plans in Franklin H Gottshall's book Making Antique Furniture Reproductions page 50 ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:11:21 +0000 1026 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/0c/4c/b2/main-grandestafflowboy-20180401-1128071056-92-1638037721.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-serpentine-front-lowboy-1025 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-serpentine-front-lowboy-1025 An original design - although a few Queen Anne block-front lowboys exist I am unaware of any American serpentine-front specimens. The serpentine facade with blocked drawer ends, cut from... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:09:28 +0000 1025 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/f0/8d/dc/main-benjaminserplowboy-20180401-1126303229-49-1638037720.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/dressing-table-1024 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/dressing-table-1024 Reproduction of Eliphalet Chapin dressing table pictured on the front cover and pages 156-158 of Connecticut Valley Furniture: Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800 by Thomas P. and Alice K.... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:07:34 +0000 1024 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/35/40/e7/main-kauffmanlowboy-20180401-1477090612-98-1638037720.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-lowboy-1023 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-lowboy-1023 This Queen Anne Lowboy is a reproduction of one found in the Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, VA. The original dates to 1713 by the Carter's, who now own... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:04:40 +0000 1023 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/4a/e7/4e/main-lauchlelowboy-20180401-1669889133-80-1638037720.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/massachusetts-dressing-table-1022 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/massachusetts-dressing-table-1022 Massachusetts dressing table inspired by a Winterthur piece made in Coastal Essex County, MA 1755-1785 Photos are in the following books: American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, Plate... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:02:32 +0000 1022 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/07/a0/98/main-silberlowboy-20180401-1114383903-40-1638037720.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/philadelphia-lowboy-1021 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/philadelphia-lowboy-1021 Cherry primary,crotch cherry drawer fronts, maple and poplar secondary This Chippendale lowboy was built as a reproduction of a lowboy that was originally made in Philadelphia between 1760 and... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 17:00:16 +0000 1021 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/2f/3c/66/main-low-20180401-2037978805-93-1638037720.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/philadelphia-dressing-table-1020 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/philadelphia-dressing-table-1020 Philadelphia dressing table modeled after a high chest formerly in the Chipstone Collection. ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 16:58:00 +0000 1020 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/ea/98/0e/main-phil-lowboy-20180401-1550289120-90-1638037720.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/newport-dressing-table-1019 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/newport-dressing-table-1019 A similar looking glass was illustrated in Volume 2, Item 3076 (book has no page numbers) of the 1928 edition: Furniture Treasury, by Wallace Nutting. Many looking glasses of... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 16:55:27 +0000 1019 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/c5/bc/34/main-champagnelowboy-20180401-1258435199-11-1638037720.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/philadelphia-dressing-table-1018 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/philadelphia-dressing-table-1018 The original is currently at the Art Institute of Chicago and was made in mahogany whereas this reproduction is in walnut with poplar secondary woods. This example represented the... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:55:06 +0000 1018 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/50/c3/da/main-swarbricklowboy-20180401-2060423645-70-1638037720.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-scalloped-top-low-boy-1017 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/queen-anne-scalloped-top-low-boy-1017 Inspired by the piece on the cover of Jeffrey Greene's book American Furniture of the 17th Century. The major differences are that I put ball-and-claw feet on mine and... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:52:27 +0000 1017 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/a8/bf/4d/main-64492-qa-scallop-top-lowboty-5main-20180401-1854943920-7-1638037720.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/newport-dressing-table-1016 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/dressing-tables-lowboys/newport-dressing-table-1016 Primary wood: Honduras mahogany Secondary woods: Sassafras (back) and Poplar Finish: De-waxed Garnet Shellac Styled after Master Craftsmen of Newport, page 208, Plate 24. Lowboy, Newport, Rhode Island ... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:48:25 +0000 1016 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/f6/86/64/zoom-38633-lowboywebzoom-20180401-1157613320-30-1638037720.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/seymour-style-tambour-lap-desk-1015 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/seymour-style-tambour-lap-desk-1015 Seymour style tambour lap desk-1800-1810 PRIMARY WOODS: Sapele and resawn figured walnut for veneer.Secondary wood is poplar. The lid on the inkwell tray is "lace wood"-1/4 sawn sycamore. Inlay... ]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 21:48:43 +0000 1015 2018-10-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/81/7f/f9/dsc01835-dougs-seymour-tambour-lap-desks-reproduction-3-11-2018-20181002-1948872772-78-1638035397.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/sheraton-secretary-bookcase-1014 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/sheraton-secretary-bookcase-1014 The piece was the subject of an article I wrote in the Pins and Tales on line journal. It is a "Sheraton Secretary-Bookcase- About 1800" Listed as courtesy of... ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:35:49 +0000 1014 2018-03-30 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/21/44/de/sheraton-secretary-bookcase-20180330-1436019237-21-1638035397.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/bonheur-du-jour-ladys-writing-desk-1013 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/bonheur-du-jour-ladys-writing-desk-1013 ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:32:30 +0000 1013 2018-03-30 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/d9/6f/44/bohneur-du-jour-20180330-1190559812-44-1638035397.jpg