Mahogany - Page 28 of 81

Woodworker: Richard Oedel This Sheraton-style secretary was crafted by North Bennet Street alumnus Richard Oedel and displayed in an exhibit at the Boston Athenaeum. It features curved glass...

Woodworker: Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez In the early decades of the 19th century, many chairs were made in the Greek Revival style--based in part on the ancient Greek klismos chair with its…

Woodworker: Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez Built for a bedroom containing a pair of beautiful Federal-era Portsmouth bureaus, these bedside cabinets are scaled-down (and narrowed) versions of the originals...

Woodworker: Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez Gomez-Ibanez made this bench from one huge slab of mahogany, cutting of the ends and folding them down to become the legs. He made it as gallery…

Woodworker: Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez The strangeness of this furniture form appealed to Gomez-Ibanez, as well as the fact that it is virtually extinct. On the original sewing tables, a bag meant…

Woodworker: Andy Rae Gracing the cover of Jim Tolpin's The Toolbox Book (1995, Taunton Press), Rae's freestanding tool cabinet has served him in the shop for more than 20 years,…

Woodworker: Andy Rae In his effort to improve upon an age-old design, Rae turned the front legs 90 degrees from the norm to give the chair more volume. This also…

Woodworker: J.M. Syron J.M. Syron and Bonnie Bishoff drew on details of Chinese furniture for their altar coffer's raised ends and exuberantly scrolled skirt and corbels. A Chinese tapestry inspired...

Woodworker: Thomas Starbuck Stockton This original work is not based on an actual Greene-and-Greene piece, but an interpretation of their designs. Stockton used mahogany with ebony accents, along...

Woodworker: Thomas Starbuck Stockton This custom buffet in Honduras and African mahogany uses veneer with beautiful but not overpowering figure. Stockton crafted the piece for clients who saw his...