We are a Custom Furniture Shop specializing in high quality handmade furniture that is made to order. Whether you are looking for a Custom Designed piece of Furniture or a Reproduction of an Unattainable Antique, we combine a meticulous attention to detail and overall quality with the finest hardwoods available today on each and every piece we make. We make the Fine Handmade Furniture for clients around the world.
These custom side chairs are meticulously made with flowing curves and proportions that have a pleasing overall look and comfort, both features are essential in a great chair. These chairs are made of solid walnut and crotch walnut. Each chair is made from a solid piece of 8/4 (2” thick) premium un-steamed walnut for perfect grain and color match throughout.
This Block Front Chest is a reproduction of a chest made by John Townsend of Newport Rhode Island. This chest is made of solid south american mahogany, the sides and top are made from one 21" wide board.
This pedestal table is handmade of premium grade walnut. The solid top is made from two planks 24” wide each, it is book-matched to form an amazing effect.
Pedestal Table
The top two boards of solid walnut in the rough
The base joinery fit before shaping
The top planks milled and ready for glue up
Cleaning and smoothing the surfaces before glue up
Preparing the table top edges for glue up, meticulously hand planing the two glue surfaces ensures a flawless glue up and a joint that is nearly invisible.
The fully round table apron is made by bent lamination of thinner strips of solid walnut. Two parts are made seperately then joined together.
Here are two different examples of the tray top tea tables that we have recently made. Both are reproductions of Queen Anne Variations. One Newport example and one Connecticut. The Newport Tea Table is made of mahogany and the Connecticut Tea Table is made of Cherry.
Hand Shaping the solid mahogany Newport Tea Table legs with a variety of hand tools.
shaping the cabriole legs
Connecticut Tea Table Leg with a pad foot
Newport Tea Table Leg with a slipper foot
Hand shaping and carving the tray top moldings to achieve the same profile as the originals
Hand planing the solid, one piece mahogany top for the Newport Tea Table
The Connecticut Tea Table Cabriole Leg with pad foot is on the right and Newport Tea Table Cabriole Leg with slipper foot is on the left.
This Connecticut Tea Table was custom made for a client who had a fine collection of antique furniture and wanted a piece that doubled as a display case for some of his collection. This tea table looks like an original but the removable tray top is glass.
This comparison photos shows the original Queen Anne Tea Table on the right and the reproduction we made on the left. The original tea table sold at Christie’s in 2005, for more information visit there website.
This Slipper Foot tea table was originally made in Newport, Rhode Island by the Townsend Goddard furniture makers circa 1760, this example sold at Christie’s in 2005 for 350,000. Details point toward John Goddard as the original maker. The original tea table is on the left and the reproduction we made is on the right. For more information on the original tea table visit Christie’s website.
