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10420B Fair Oaks Blvd
Fair Oaks Village
Fair Oaks Ca 95628
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This is a small selection of work I have done.
Although my training has been in the clasical forms of furniture making, the known furniture types, I love contemporary design as well , and feel confident that I have the ability to build and make anything you want from wood.
Please enjoy this sampling of my work as a custom furniure maker
  
 

After 18th Century Newport RI. craftsman John Goddard
The Newport furniture makers were among the best of early American furniture makers and the block front kneehole bureau by John Goddard is a masterpiece of American furniture.
The pictures are of a pair I made in natural cherry wood. The fall-front top drawer contains a fitted writing bureau.
By far the most demanding piece I have ever made: the basic joinery has the rails dovetailed into the carcass and the bead around the drawers is on the rail and carcass creating a mitered bead and a dovetail on the join of the rail and carcass. Over 95% of the front of the piece is carved or shaped.
The pictures below show the bureau in various stages.

  
 
             
 

John Goddard, Newport RI. produced the original of this corner chair in the year 1776.

I made the production models and 24 showroom samples of this piece for the "Sutton Collection" for Century Furniture in North Carolina

      
     
 
                 
 
               
               
 
Tables
On the left a Writing Table in Mahogany. On the right an octagonal Drum Table and a Satinwood Sofa Table
 
     
 
       
Chipendale style Breakfront Bookcase
A great way to make a large wall space look more interesting.
Hardly used for books any more since they make excellent display and storage cases for art and collectibles.
The one on the left was distressed to look 18th century for a client and showed up in the late 1980’s in a double page spread in a special edition of the UK magazine “Interiors”. The caption below the picture read: “In the library, a Chippendale style breakfront bookcase circa 1860”. It was in fact made in 1982. I have a Cherry wood example of this piece is under construction in my workshop.
    
 

Sea Chest Cocktail Cabinet
Desinged for small boats and runarounds.This piece featured in the Small Boat Jornal in the late 80"s.
The cabinet contains 3 decanters, mixers, cocktail shaker, ice chest with a drain on the bottom, a marble chopping block and glasses on a gimble in the leather lined top. Large brass handles (not shown) are on the sides for easy lifting on and off your boat.
The chest is constructed with dovetails running from the back edge to the front of the curved top.
The pics below show the chest under construction.