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Newport
Kneehole Desk.
From the 18th Century Newport RI. craftsman John Goddard
The Newport furniture makers were among the best of early
American furniture makers and the block front kneehole bureau
by John Goddard is a masterpiece of American furniture.
The pictures are of a pair I made in natural cherry wood.
The fall-front top drawer contains a fitted writing bureau.
By far the most demanding piece I have ever
made: the basic joinery has the rails dovetailed into the
carcass and the bead around the drawers is on the rail and
carcass creating a mitered bead and a dovetail on the join
of the rail and carcass. Over 95% of the front of the piece
is carved or shaped.
The pictures below show the bureau in various stages. |
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Goddard
Corner Chair
John Goddard, Newport RI. produced the original of this corner
chair in the year 1776. I made the production
models, the hard maple masters for their carving machines
and 24 showroom samples of this piece for the "Sutton
Collection" for Century Furniture in North Carolina in
1988. |
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| 3
Tables
On the left a Writing Table in Mahogany. On
the right an octagonal Drum Table and a Satinwood Sofa Table |
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Step
Chair Or Library Chair. if
it’s sitting at a writing table like the one above,
in front of a large bookcase, like the one below. This
chair type came in many forms, since it is such a handy
thing to have around the house.,
Unfortunately I had to stop making them in the USA for
fear of litigation; step ladder makers have been sued
rotten, the chairs would have to be covered with non
removable warning labels. |
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| Chipendale
Style Breakfront Bookcase.
A great way to make a large wall space look more interesting.
Hardly used for books any more since they make excellent display
and storage cases for art and collectibles.
The one on the left was distressed to look 18th century for
a client, and showed up in the late 1980’s in a double
page spread in a special edition of the UK magazine “Interiors”.
The caption below the picture read: “In the library,
a Chippendale style breakfront bookcase circa 1860”.
It was in fact made in 1982 in Markinch, Fife |
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Sea
Chest Cocktail Cabinet.
Desinged for small boats and runarounds.This piece featured
in the Small Boat Jornal in the late 80"s.
The cabinet contains 3 decanters, mixers, cocktail shaker,
ice chest with a drain on the bottom, a marble chopping block
and glasses on a gimble in the leather lined top. Large brass
handles (not shown) are on the sides for easy lifting on and
off your boat.
The chest is constructed with dovetails running from the back
edge to the front of the curved top.
The pics below show the chest under construction. |
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Folding stool
Based on an example from the tomb of Tutankhamun with a
Goddard corner chair in the background.
The stool is in maple and is a work in progress, this example
has more modern looking dolphin heads than the King Tut
one, (see detail below) the leather/canvas seat is not shown.
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Goddard Corner Chair Working Drawing
Elevation
DOWNLOAD
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Plan
DOWLOAND
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Irish Ladder Back Workimg Drawing
DOWNLOAD
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Email: dougal@charteris.net
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