https://sapfm.org/ https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/high-hest-1055 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/high-hest-1055 Dimensions: Overall height - 90 inches (measured to the top of the cornice molding) Overall width - 45 3/4 inches (measured at the waist molding) Overall depth - 22... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:50:37 +0000 1055 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/16/0b/a1/frankduff-highboy2-20180401-1829015021-45-1638041736.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/high-chest-of-drawers-1054 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/high-chest-of-drawers-1054 Dimensions: Overall: 88 1/4"H x 40"W x 20 1/2"D Case: 82 3/4"H X 38"W X 181/2"D Attributed to Eliphalet Chapin. The original is at Winterthur. The... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:46:16 +0000 1054 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/7f/85/5a/zoom-dbhcchapin-20180401-1691594347-96-1638041736.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/philadelphia-chest-on-chest-1046 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/philadelphia-chest-on-chest-1046 Philadelphia chest-on-chest, mahogany with ribbon mahogany drawer fronts, made in three sections plus the carved Phoenix bird, all moldings are either carved by hand or with molding planes. ... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:18:40 +0000 1046 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/a1/ac/26/main-47088-chest-on-chest-20180401-1687052456-3-1638041736.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/charleston-south-carolina-chest-1045 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/charleston-south-carolina-chest-1045 Original of this piece is in the Dewitt Wallace Museum in Williamsburg. The original was made 1765-1780 and though the maker has not been identified it is thought possibly... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:15:00 +0000 1045 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/0a/95/b0/main-33312-charleston-chest141main-20180401-1129069383-30-1638041736.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/newport-chest-on-chest-1044 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/newport-chest-on-chest-1044 Worked from photograph and description in American Furniture at Chipstone by Roque. Color plate page xxv, descriptive text pages 29-31. Original by John Goddard. All Photographs... ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:11:30 +0000 1044 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/7a/47/04/main-32335-concmain-20180401-1759714402-90-1638041736.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/walnut-highboy-1043 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/walnut-highboy-1043 Walnut highboy. Based on the Phillips/Stevenson highboy. Walnut with curly walnut poplar secondary wood. ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:08:08 +0000 1043 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/69/cc/ce/main-49573-philmain-20180401-1810374398-76-1638041736.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/philadelphia-chest-on-chest-1042 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/high-chests-highboys/philadelphia-chest-on-chest-1042 Primary woods: mahogany, ribbon mahogany The drawer fronts are ribbon mahogany. photo by Greg Gent. ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:04:07 +0000 1042 2018-04-01 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/08/e4/03/main-44247-chestmain-20180401-1781496051-26-1638041736.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/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/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/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/kneehole-desk-1009 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/kneehole-desk-1009 This is a reproduction of a kneehole desk dating from the last quarter of the 18th century, based on plan in "Construction of American Furniture Treasures" (1949, The Home... ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:16:10 +0000 1009 2018-03-30 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/6f/30/6d/pri-msketchleykd-20180330-1650114266-78-1638035396.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/desk-1007 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/desk-1007 Primary wood: Peruvian Mahogany Secondary woods: Bass, Maple This Peruvian mahogany desk is my own design that utilizes many classic elements of the Chippendale style: ball & claw feet,... ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:10:19 +0000 1007 2018-03-30 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/ba/64/fb/sec-glauchledesk-20180330-1561148460-10-1638035396.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/desk-1006 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/desk-1006 Wood is walnut from Irion Lumber, and bald cypress from Northeastern NC. Finish is Aniline dye, shellac, and wax. Hardware from Marshall brasses, the same casting that was used... ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:06:44 +0000 1006 2018-03-30 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/59/d5/57/main-hobbscaldesk-20180330-1454431924-1-1638035396.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/jeffersons-tall-desk-1005 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/jeffersons-tall-desk-1005 This is a copy of Thomas Jefferson's Tall Desk from Monticello. The original was built between 1770 and 1785 by an unknown craftsman. I constructed my desk from information... ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:04:09 +0000 1005 2018-03-30 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/b8/da/fe/main-youngjeffersondk-20180330-1395932307-33-1638035395.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/chippendale-secretary-1004 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/chippendale-secretary-1004 This Philadelphia secretary is modeled after one featured in a series of articles entitled "18th Century Pennsylvania Secretary" by Lonnie Bird in volumes 154-156 of Fine Woodworking magazine. The... ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:01:46 +0000 1004 2018-03-30 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/5c/f2/92/main-stallmansecry-20180330-1058081776-17-1638035395.jpg https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/desk-and-bookcase-1001 https://sapfm.org/member-gallery-grouping/desks-and-bookcases/desk-and-bookcase-1001 I built this piece for my daughter, Dr. Kate Pittman, of Medfield, MA. I saw a Queen Anne piece at the MFA in Boston that had very unusual proportions,... ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:51:29 +0000 1001 2018-03-30 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/16/54/c2/main-pittmandesk-20180330-1819912892-51-1638035395.jpg