Highboy
Made of solid Walnut with carved Ball and Claw Feet
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| Highboy |
This Highboy or High Chest of drawers is made based on a few different antique examples made in Newport Rhode Island by John Townsend in the 18th century. This Chippendale Highboy is made from premium solid walnut with curly/tiger walnut drawer fronts. The cabriole legs end with hand-carved ball and claw foot. The center shell is hand carved into the front apron. The shell is based on an original carving on a Highboy in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Yale University Art Gallery. The Drawers are made with hand cut dovetail joinery and are constructed of solid quarter sawn poplar, the drawer bottoms are made of one wide piece of solid poplar.
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| Selecting walnut |
Selecting the walnut for this Highboy at Irion Lumber
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| Making a Highboy |
Case joinery fit with shell pattern made
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| Carving Process |
Starting the carving process
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| Shell Carving |
Shell carving process on the Highboy shell. This shell is based on two examples from Highboy’s made by John Townsend of Newport Rhode island in the 18th Century. One example is at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the other is in the Yale Museum.
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| Highboy Build Process |
Highboy with the lower and upper case joinery fit ready for the cabriole legs with carved ball and claw feet in the front and pad feet on the rear.
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| Highboy Legs |
Legs are shaped and carved from solid 3” thick walnut
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| Ball and Claw Process |
Ball and Claw Foot process
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| Ball and Claw Process |
Ball and Claw Foot Carving Process
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| Ball and Claw Process |
Ball and Claw Foot Carving Process
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| Ball and claw process |
Carving the Ball and Claw Feet
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| Highboy and Tiger Maple Chest |
Highboy with Legs fit and crown and base molding completed
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| Pierced Ball and Claw Foot |
This carved foot is slightly different from what is carved on the highboy, it has pierced talons and ball.
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| Highboy Drawers |
Hand cut Dovetailed drawers are fit
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| Highboy |
Drawer fronts are made of solid quarter sawn figured walnut from
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| Highboy before finish |
Highboy with drawers fit and hardware installed, finishing process is next.
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| Highboy in Shop |
- Finished Highboy with Ball and claw feet -
We make fine custom and reproduction furniture to order combining a meticulous attention to detail and overall quality with the finest hardwoods available to day. This combination gives our clients beautiful, functional furniture that can be used and enjoyed for generations to come.
Contact us if you would like to discuss a future project.
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| Highboy |
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| Shell Carving |
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| Cabriole Leg with Ball and Claw foot |
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| Walnut Highboy |
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| Curly Walnut Drawer Fronts |
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| Walnut Highboy |
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| Dovetailed Drawers |
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| Hand cut Dovetailed Drawers |
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| Curly Walnut and Brass |
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| Pierced Ball and Talons |
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| Ball and Claw foot with pierced talons |
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| Pierced Ball and Claw |
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| Ball and Claw Foot |
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| Dovetailed Drawer detail |
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| Highboy Ball and Claw Foot |
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| Crown molding detail |
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| Highboy |
