Gallery
A 17th C. Bench
Jan 17, 2018
I found a picture of this bench in Salomonsky’s “Masterpieces of Furniture. The original 17th C. bench was made in England in oak. It is a Jacobean period design decorated with a Renaissance ornamental floral design carved in the apron.
I built the bench in Modesto Ash, a local tree found here in Northern California. I applied some tannic acid, then potassium hydroxide to dye the ash. Then applied raw linseed oil. The finish is seedlac shellac.
Tim
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This is a picture of the carving process of the floral pattern.
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Cutting the ebony and holly triangles for the stretcher inlay pattern
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