Federal Inspired Cellarette
nicholas.vanaria Mar 14, 2018
Cellarette inspired by a Queen Anne piece seen at Winterthur Museum. Redesigned into a Federal era piece complete with inlays. Below are some step-by-step photos of some of the processes used to build it. The materials are Sapele Mahogany for the primary woods, maple and walnut for the checkered banding and inlays. The brasses, hinges, and locking hardware is all Horton Brasses.
Making the checkerboard banding. Walnut & Maple.
Making the oval sand shaded fans (I used the method used by Rob Milliard in his videos). It was easier than I thought once I started diving into it.
Banding the oval fans with stringing.
Purdy shavings. :-)
The front legs after inlaying the bellflowers, checkerboard banding, stringing, oval fans, and cuffs.
Making the carcass.
More of making the carcass.
The Latta line of inlay tools is invaluable when stringing the legs by hand. And darn accurate, too.
Dovetailed drawers.
The top carcass fit to the base.
Making the sand shaded corner fans for the top carcass.
More corner fans process shots.
Finished corner fan.
Hand made and inlaid shield escutcheon. The shield symbol is very prototypical of Federal Period work.
The front panel of the top carcass.
The first coat of finish goes on!!!! General Finishes Seal-A-Cell and then Arm-R-Seal.
The completed cellarette (in very poor lighting in my shop).
My brand/signature burned onto a piece of maple inlaid into the inside of the box.
Completed cellarette in muuuuuuch better lighting. I love the striping of the Sapele.
Lower corner fan and oval fan.
Upper corner fan.
Shield escutcheon inlay.
Fancy schmancy tassel for the key. :-) (Historically accurate as well)
Gettin' ready to celebrate the completion of the chest. :-)
Another completed shot.
Another completed shot.
Another completed shot in it's rightful place in the frontroom.
Wow, that's beautiful. The inlay work is perfect, too! Thank you for sharing.