Antique Furniture and Decorative Arts

Antique Furniture and Decorative Arts

In addition to the fine handmade furniture and antique reproduction furniture we make, we are now collaborating efforts with Harvest Doucette, Moriah’s mother to offer for sale Fine Antique Furniture and Decorative Arts.  Harvest has been collecting and privately selling Antiques throughout the New Hampshire and Maine areas for over 20 years,  we have been measuring, studying and admiring various Antiques for our work for some time.  Below you will find examples of  some of the Furniture and Decorative arts we have for sale. Contact us if you have any questions regarding a piece you see or if you would like some additional photographs.  You can also view our website for more details.  

Federal Bowfront Chest 

Tiger Maple and Mahogany cross banding on the 4 hand dovetailed drawers, 

Massachusetts or New Hampshire c. 1810

currently available $4700 with free shipping

Federal Bowfront Chest 

Federal Chest of Drawers

 birdseye maple and mahogany drawer fronts with cock beading, New Hampshire 1810

Currently Available $3900 w/free shipping

Federal Chest of Drawers

18th Century Carved Welsh Dresser

Oak, carved, two part,  80” ht 72”wd

Currently available $6000 w/free shipping

Welsh Dresser

Federal Secretary Desk

-sold-

Federal Secretary

Chippendale Slant Front Desk

Mahogany and Crotch Mahogany c. 1785

currently available $4200 w/free shipping

Mahogany Slant Front Desk

Federal Bowfront Chest

Mahogany, birdseye maple

-sold-

Federal Chest of Drawers

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Sheraton Dressing Table

Cherry and Tiger Maple, 5 dovetailed drawers, mirror, 34” wd 

early 19th century

currently available $1900 with free shipping

Sheraton Dressing Table

Chippendale Chest of Drawer

Cherry, TIger Maple, ebony string inlay,  Massachusetts 1790-1800

currently available $3500 w/free shipping

Chippendale Chest of Drawers

Antique Oriental and Tribal  Rugs

various sizes and styles

contact us for more information

Antique Rugs

Sheraton Card Table

Figured mahogany, reeded legs, D shape,  19th century

currently available, $2350 w/free shipping 

Sheraton Card Table

Federal Mahogany Tambour Desk

inlaid mahogany, various inlays, c.1810

currently available $3800 w/free shipping

Federal Tambour Desk

Reproduction Side Chairs

Reproduction Queen Anne Side Chairs

Handmade by Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers



Original Queen Anne Rush Seat Side Chair attributed to William Savery of Pennsylvania circa 1750

Original William Savery Side Chair 1750

Reproduction Queen Anne Side Chairs pictured with the original chair front left

Reproduction Side Chair with original Savery Chair (front left)

First,  full scale drawings and patterns are made from the original chair

Original Queen Anne Side Chair 

Lightly figured tiger maple is selected for the set of chairs we are making.  The rough materials are selected to match throughout the set of chairs.

The Legs partially shaped and ready for joinery

Chair Legs

 The legs are shaped and detailed entirely by hand 

Hand shaping the legs

Legs with rear seat rails fit

Chair Process

The chairs with back splats and crest rails fit, shaping is next

Original Pennsylvania Chair with Reproductions

Chairs with the shaping of the crest rails and back splats

Reproduction Chair Process

Final shaping and clean up of the chair backs

Chair back after shaping

Chair detail of the back of the crest rail and back splat

Back Splat and Crest Rail Detail

Laying out the rough maple blanks for the legs.  A pattern is made off the original chair and transferred onto the square blanks.

leg blanks

The legs after rough cutting on the bandsaw

chair legs

Final shaping of the legs is done by hand

Shaped Chair Legs

Turning the side and back stretchers is next

Lathe after turning chair stretchers

Stretchers turned, fitting the joinery is next

Stretchers

 Chairs with stretchers fit

Leg and Front Stretcher Detail

Side Chair

Chairs completed and ready for finish and natural rush seats.  The shaped aprons are applied after the rush seat is complete

Reproduction Side Chairs

Comparison pics of the original chair and reproductions. 

(The original chair had a repaired back leg where the side and back stretcher met.  The joinery was too close together weakening the leg, so we raised the lower back stretcher to avoid this on the reproductions)

Chairs with a majority of the finishing completed. Now we will take them to get the natural cat tail rush seats before the final coats of finish are applied.

Reproduction Chairs

These chairs are currently in the finishing process, we will have updated photos soon.

Visit our website for more information on the fine custom and reproduction we make to order.

Trestle Table

 Trestle Table

Handmade by 

Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers

This Trestle table is made of solid tiger maple and maple.  The top and stretcher is tiger maple and is cut from the same log.

tiger maple log

The boards are selected and rough milled allowing them to acclimate to the shop before working

tiger maple for top

Joinery is cut and fit before base parts are shaped

trestle base before shaping

Wedged mortise and tenon joinery 

wedged through tenon

Stretcher and wedge fit.  This table is made to “knock down” if you ever needed to move or pack it.

trestle table wedged tenon

Top is made and breadboard ends are attached.  Only the center of the table is glued allowing expansion and contraction. 

tiger maple top

Tiger maple top cleaned up with hand planes

tiger maple top

Tiger Maple top with breadboard ends

table top with breadboard ends

Trestle table ready for finish

trestle table ready for finish

Finished Trestle Table

trestle table

trestle table

wedged stretcher tenon detail

Trestle table

trestle and wedge

                                       

Tiger Maple top with breadboard ends

 

Tiger Maple Top




This Video shows the making of this Trestle Table