Miniature chest of drawers

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17 ¼” H  x  19 ¼” W  x  10 ½” D

Tulip poplar, pigmented and dyed shellac, watercolor, salvaged brasses.

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This miniature chest of drawers was built from rough lumber entirely using hand tools, including resawing and planing stock, dovetail joinery, and mouldings shaped using shop-made scratch stock.  The form is based on an 18th-century English chest of drawers, and the decoration was inspired by 17th- and 18th-century faux tortoiseshell japanning and by furniture restorer and maker 'Jack Plane' of the Pegs and 'Tails website (pegsandtails.wordpress.com).   

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