Hey folks, I thought I'd share what I'm working on.
This is the second of 2 Southern cellarettes. These were used in the early 19th century for storing whiskey (and showing off to their diner guests). Hence the box which could hold up to 16 bottles (serious drinkers I guess
The central pinwheel design is borrowed from the cellarette at Andrew Jackson's "Hermitage" in Nashville, TN
These pieces are really just a box on stand of course, but a great way to add all kinds of inlay, veneer, stringing, banding, bellflowers, etc.
The white wood is holly.
The big molding was an idea I had in mind for some time and finally put to use: a 1 1/4 inch wide striped molding. Not sure that I have seen this done before, although I would assume it must have been somewhere. I used Maple and Wenge for that molding and it came out perhaps more muted than I wished after a boiled linseed oil first coat. But maybe with so much ostentation, that's not such a bad thing.
The rope bandings along the sides and top and the striped lid molding are holly and ebony. The designs on the top (inside and out) are my own line-and-berry designs. These were done on Kentucky furniture commonly, but tended to be simpler and did not have the berries.
I posted short videos of the BLO application on my Instagram..... William Francis Brown (@williamfrancisbrown) • Instagram photos and videos
--Bill
This is the second of 2 Southern cellarettes. These were used in the early 19th century for storing whiskey (and showing off to their diner guests). Hence the box which could hold up to 16 bottles (serious drinkers I guess
The central pinwheel design is borrowed from the cellarette at Andrew Jackson's "Hermitage" in Nashville, TN
These pieces are really just a box on stand of course, but a great way to add all kinds of inlay, veneer, stringing, banding, bellflowers, etc.
The white wood is holly.
The big molding was an idea I had in mind for some time and finally put to use: a 1 1/4 inch wide striped molding. Not sure that I have seen this done before, although I would assume it must have been somewhere. I used Maple and Wenge for that molding and it came out perhaps more muted than I wished after a boiled linseed oil first coat. But maybe with so much ostentation, that's not such a bad thing.
The rope bandings along the sides and top and the striped lid molding are holly and ebony. The designs on the top (inside and out) are my own line-and-berry designs. These were done on Kentucky furniture commonly, but tended to be simpler and did not have the berries.
I posted short videos of the BLO application on my Instagram..... William Francis Brown (@williamfrancisbrown) • Instagram photos and videos
--Bill
