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Cherry Sideboard - Hutch
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84"H x 49"W x 21"D
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This is a major dining room piece, built in the style of the Eighteenth Century, but not from any piece known to the maker. It is a five drawer chest, with many of the trimmings. Except for two boards, this was made from a single flitch of Pennsylvania Black Cherry of beautiful grain and color; the secondary wood is Hard Maple. The sides of both the lower and upper cases, and the top, are from single planks, and have the traditional cathedral grain oft seen in good Cherry. Built in two pieces, both have dovetailed carcases. The finish is freshly made, toned shellac, rubbed out and waxed. The brasses are from Horton. This Hutch will be handed down for many generations.
Turner cut and bookmatched the veneer for the drawer fronts from a single plank of figured Cherry. The drawer dividers are joined to the carcase with sliding dovetails for strength and carcase stability, and the drawer runners are loose mortise and tenon so that the carcase can safely move, winter to summer. The drawers are cockbeaded in Hard Maple. After building, each drawer is handfitted with a plane. They operate as smoothly as pistons, and feel solid in the hand. The top two drawers have removable dividers. Turner hand cuts all of his dovetails, and sees no reason for even spacing. These dovetails are stronger, and more interesting, than ones off of a machine. Building drawers, one at a time, by hand and largely with hand tools, is a passion.
The ball and flat bracket feet, although a bit unusual for the Eighteenth Century, were borrowed from a Goddard or Townsend secretary that sold at auction several years ago and was well-publicized. The base molding presents a cross-grain situation, and so while the front miter of this molding is glued, the rear floats in a keyed dovetail so that it will not loosen over time.
The back of the upper section, behind the shelves, is of frame and panel construction, with shiplapped, beaded boards. A tight knot seemed interesting, and so was presented. The shelf edges are beaded as well, and top shelf is adjustable.
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