Mahogany - Page 25 of 81

Woodworker: Frank Woolley Woolley estimates he invested more than 1,500 hours making this bombé chest of drawers. About 570 hours went into the actual construction and 180 hours into the…

Woodworker: Philip C. Lowe Over the years, Lowe has had the opportunity to restore a number of original works by renowned Federalist architect and carver Samuel McIntire—waxing, polishing, and...

Woodworker: Don GreenGreen designed this chest of drawers to have a modern look, but his construction methods were traditional. He hand-cut all the dovetails and used mortise-and-tenon and halflap...

Woodworker: Paul Schürch With decades of marquetry under his belt, Schürch said that this buffet was a piece of cake, including creating the bow-front shape. The big challenge was working…

Woodworker: Allen Arnold Arnold modeled this silver chest after an original he admired in Colonial Williamsburg. Made for his wife, the mahogany chest stands 15 in. deep by 21 in.…

Woodworker: John Richards Richards constructed this large chest of drawers from mahogany using half-blind dovetails, sliding dovetails, and mortise-and-tenon joinery. The chest, finished with shellac...

Woodworker: Gregg Novosad Novosad estimates it took 310 hours to complete this “furniture-style tool chest,” which was based on Lonnie Bird’s drop-lid secretary design. He finished the...

Woodworker: Wil Wolski Wolski, a student of Rosewood Studio's 9-month Craftsman Course, was inspired by modern era furniture and an exploration of curved planar elements mixed with traditional forms...

Woodworker: Chuck PhillipsAs a first-year student at The Furniture Institute of Massachusetts, Phillips was inspired by a visit to the John Townsend exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He...

Woodworker: Kevin Crowe Crowe, a Springfield High School student, spent 200 hours creating this settee that his mom taught to upholster. Crowe used African ribbon mahogany, walnut Minwax stain, and...