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Recreating A 17th-Century Carved Box

April 28, 2009
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Recreating A 17th-Century Carved Box

BY PETER FOLLANSBEE Most 17th-century households in England and New England contained one or more small boxes for storing a variety of everyday objects. These boxes were made in a joiner’s shop and were usually decorated with carving on the front, and sometimes the sides. Making a box is a good introduction to some...

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DELIBERATELY NATURAL WOODWORK

March 4, 2009
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DELIBERATELY NATURAL WOODWORK

“…the richest vein is somewhere here abouts”—Henry David Thoreau TEXT AND PHOTOS BY RICK MASTELLI Shaping a Windsor chair seat would seem a straightforward task. Though the blank can be twenty inches wide and two inches thick—a substantial piece of wood—it’s typically straight-grained pine or poplar and only sometimes a more figured species. But...

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