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Old 09-09-2011, 10:06 AM
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These are some of my oldest pieces. They were from when I was first married and made things out of mahogany. I no longer do that because of the way they harvest the wood. The first picture is of a Chest for my wife, a wedding present when we started out marriage. It must have impressed her because she is still around and gets an occasional new piece to keep her on the team. The Kneehole Secretary has a Cherry Locking Jewelry Chest on top of it. That would not necessarily have been done in the period. But things evolve as they did back then. There was a lot of mixing and matching of styles. Only the wealthiest customers ordered complete suites of furniture at the same time. The other pieces are my Chest on Chest of drawers and a shared Kneehole Secretary. All of these pieces have period correct brasses, and locks. The two Dining Room China Cabinets are Cherry.
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Mahogany Chest for my wife. A wedding gift
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Mahogany Queen Anne Chest on Chest. Made for myself.
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Mahogany Queen Anne Kneehole Secretary
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Tall Cherry Dining room China Cabinet
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Cherry China Cabinet
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Old 09-09-2011, 10:11 AM
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You do beautiful work.
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Old 09-09-2011, 10:12 AM
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Wow, they are wonderful. I bet you are a great quilter. You have the experience of being careful with cutting and putting together.
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Old 09-09-2011, 10:17 AM
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You have made some gorgeous furniture!!!!
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Old 09-09-2011, 10:25 AM
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beautiful wood grain in the chest made for your wife, love it!
beautiful work, thanks for sharing
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You are remarkably talented.
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Really, amazing!
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Fantastic!
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OMG! Beautiful pieces...
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what beautiful work you do
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