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30th June 2008, 12:04 PM #1
Even more made-up pieces of furniture.
Subsequent to the other threads A few made-up pieces of furniture and A few more made-up pieces of furniture here are yet more pieces of furniture I made up, and again, my apologies for the quality of some of the older pictures.
A George III style Irish wake table
Wake tables are further examples of furniture made popular because apart from their simple lines, they lend themselves so well to the rather more confined dwellings we live in these days. My parents and I both have one. The tables will stand unobtrusively against a wall, taking up only 16"-20" in depth, and perform the duties of a console table or sideboard, yet when fully opened up, they can seat between eight and twelve diners.
They follow a fairly standardized form, having six or eight legs with a long narrow fixed top (just the right width to support a coffin) and shallow elliptical hinged leaves. The inner corners of the legs are usually stop-chamfered (in keeping with other square Georgian chair and table legs) to give a lighter appearance without any loss in strength.
This example is of English oak, but they are found in other timbers including mahogany (the much preferred choice of the English, who call them 'hunt' tables). The table appears very dark in the pictures, but it was an extremely bright sunny day when the photos were taken, making it awkward to photograph. The true colour is more of a mid honey oak colour.
An original wake table will fetch between $25,000 and $50,000.
A George I style gateleg table
This table was made for a Melbourne dealer from drawings I have of an original table c.1715. Like the original, it was unusual, being made of English walnut rather than oak. This is another very popular style of table which I have made many examples of, though more commonly in oak.
A metamorphic library chair
This chair was made from bought plans at the behest of a customer – one of my first commissions in Australia. They had seen an 'old style' metamorphic library chair in a magazine and brought me the article. I knew there were plans for such chairs, so I purchased a set and made the chair up in American walnut. When the customer saw the finished chair they didn't like it, saying it looked "old and dirty"! I don't do 'new-old', so I now own the chair. I detest it, but my wife likes it and uses it.
A Queen Anne style lowboy
Yet another popular piece of furniture that I have made quite a number of. These c.1720 walnut lowboys are small, elegant, light and airy and suit a number of purposes. They are used as dressing tables in the bedroom, side tables in the living room, or hall tables. Many variations are common such as carved knees and feet, different mouldings and veneering patterns (single piece, book-matched, quartered and oyster-veneered).
They are really great fun to make and involve carving, making cross-grain mouldings and veneering.
Apologies for the really appalling final picture.
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I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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30th June 2008, 02:08 PM #2Senior Member
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I love the library chair Woodwould, what a clever piece of design. Every library should have one!
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30th June 2008, 03:17 PM #3
I really enjoy metamorphic furniture, the commonest being dressing tables, architect's tables and library steps. Henry Keene published his take on metamorphic library steps around 1750 and Thomas Sheraton illustrated designs for his metamorphic steps in 'The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-book' of 1793 in the form of a Pembroke table, so the concept has been around for quite some time.
Needless to say I prefer Georgian or even Regency examples (which are often in the form of saber-legged chairs), but there are quite number of different items of furniture that lend themselves to being transformed into library steps or other interesting appliances..
I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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30th June 2008, 06:25 PM #4Skwair2rownd
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Made up bits, reproductions, restorations etc., etc
WW, one of the best things about reading your threads is that we get a good insight into the differing styles through time. Your explanations and fastidious labelling are really appreciared by me, for one.
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Totaly agree with artme. Woodwould is a fantastic addition to this forum. I love his work and insight into it. Keep it up.
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30th June 2008, 11:55 PM #6
Thank you both!
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I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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1st July 2008, 12:35 AM #7
I like that chair. Another thing I am going to make one day. Gotta get the library first.
PS. Your new avatar meets with my approval.
Brian
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I just finished the bookcase so I guess I've got no excuse then!
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1st July 2008, 10:01 AM #9
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1st July 2008, 03:32 PM #10
WW Where did you purchase the plans from, I'd like to make one also one day.
Power corrupts, absolute power means we can run a hell of alot of power tools
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1st July 2008, 03:48 PM #11
I saw an advertisement for the chair plans in the back of a magazine at a newsagent's in about 1993. I think it was an American company called Furniture Designs or similar. I don't know if they're still in business, but if they are, I'm sure you can find them on the net.
There must be someone selling similar plans in Australia, or maybe the plans were published in a magazine, because the chairs seem to crop up everywhere. Or maybe the chairs are coming in from Fiji or Taiwan..
I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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1st July 2008, 04:01 PM #12
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