Looking for a plans or good schematics of the campaign style chest such as those used during the Civil War. The type of smaller wooden box that officers used to keep their personals etc. The few examples I have seen are slightly large than a small micorwave with ornate brass carrying handles and recessed key locks.
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try contacting this guy... I hear he knows a thing or two about this style...
http://www.collectablefurniture.co.nz/index.htm
Mike Wallace
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Thanks for the reply. I dropped an note and hope to hear back. M
here are some other resources, maybe closer in design to what you may be looking for
http://www.ushist.com/american_civil_war_desks_lap_field.htm
http://www.logancreekdesigns.com/ (this looks pretty good - they even made props/desks for the movie "Gods and Generals")
below is work from same shop but actual piece sold through VMI were Stonewall Jackson was a professor of artillery before the Civil War (or war of northern aggression depending on what side of the Mason Dixon line you live on I guess).
http://www.logancreekdesigns.com/
an auction of a desk on ebay right now
http://cgi.ebay.com/Civil-War-FIELD-DESK_W0QQitemZ6591760652QQcategoryZ36035QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
another site selling what are apparently authentic Civil War antique chests, including a field desk
http://www.horsesoldier.com/catalog/g0015008.html
there are probably some other examples you can find in books with civil war photos, especially those were you have photos of officers sitting around at camp.
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