Tea Table

Tea Tables

Handmade by Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers

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

Newport Tea Table Top with molding fit

Finished Queen Anne Tea Table top

Newport Style Queen Anne 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. 

Newport Style Tea Table Top

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This  Slipper Foot tea table was originally made in Newport,  Rhode Island by the Townsend Goddard furniture makers circa 1760, this example sold at Christie’s in 2005 for 350,000.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. 

Visit our website for more information on the fine custom and reproduction furniture we make to the highest of standards. 

Below are our videos of both the the making of and finished Tea Tables .

Nightstands with a bamboo ring style turned legs

Nightstands

Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers

We custom made these nightstands with some spectacular tiger maple and a design that had influences and details that work well in our clients home.  The legs are turned with a ring style bamboo design.  The drawers are made of solid quarter-sawn poplar and are joined with hand cut dovetail joinery.

We make custom nightstands to order, visit our website for more information

Nightstands

 Turning the legs, each leg is individually turned

Hand planing the top, all surfaces are hand planed smooth 

Drawers are meticulously fit for flawless operation

Ready for finish, you can see the spectacular figure in this tiger maple

Finished Nightstands

detail

top view

Nightstand with shelf

Below are videos showing both the making of and the finished nightstands.  At Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers we make fine handmade furniture to order. We use spectacular wood, the finest available combined with a meticulous attention to detail and overall quality. Visit our website for more information.

Double Dresser

Double Dresser

Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers

This 7 drawer double dresser is custom made with a look that can fit into both a traditional and contemporary setting.   This example of this chest is made of premium grade mahogany. The sides and top are made from one 20" wide plank.   Hand cut dovetail joinery decorates this double chest with exposed sliding dovetails joining the drawer dividers to the case and 7 fully dovetailed drawers made of solid quarter-sawn poplar.  

This Double Dresser can be custom made in a variety of sizes in both a single version and double.  Solid Walnut, Cherry, tiger maple and Birdseye maple look equally well on this chest.

Double Dresser

Dovetailed case joinery

Exposed sliding dovetail joinery from dividers to case

dovetail joinery

Hand-cut dovetailed drawers

Drawer dovetails cut and fit

Dresser ready for finish

Finished Double Dresser

Mahogany Double Dresser

Solid one piece mahogany top

Double Dresser

drawer front and fool detail

Custom Dresser



Watch our Double Dresser Building Process Video

For more information on the custom and reproduction furniture we make to order visit our website.  We use the finest hardwoods available today in combination with a meticulous attention to detail and overall quality.