Ming Dynasty Wardrobe Cabinet
Ming remodeled. Neumon had silversmith Walt Doran design and execute pierced patterns in the traditional escutcheons and hinges, purchased from chinesebrasshardware.com.
Neumon built this Ming Dynasty wardrobe cabinet in cherry (23 in. deep by 40 in. wide by 84 in. tall) over the course of 11 months, working in tandem with his friend Charles Palmer, who built an identical cabinet in walnut. They worked together three Saturdays a month and separately on days between. Since the parts for the two cabinets were interchangeable, they divided up the work and made parts in batches. The project amounted to a rigorous apprenticeship in Chinese joinery-the wardrobe contains 12 three-way miters and 32 two-way miters, which incorporate a total of 112 mortise-and-tenon joints. Overwhelming? Apparently not; the two friends will be making a different pair of Chinese pieces this year.
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Ming remodeled. Neumon had silversmith Walt Doran design and execute pierced patterns in the traditional escutcheons and hinges, purchased from chinesebrasshardware.com.
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Ming Dynasty Wardrobe Cabinet
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Tricky joints. The cabinet is replete with complex Chinese joinery. To see how the three-way miter joints are made, see "Super-Strong 3-Way Miter," FWW #227.
Comments
Stunningly beautiful. A terrific achievement!
Thank you for sharing the photographs.
Above Wardrobe pictures looks like a traditioanal and proudful wardrobe.
Look like awesome..
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