I’m resetting this entry now that the bed is finished. Stay tuned.
A New “Flying” Tester Bed for Stenton
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Making
New, aluminum leafed frame
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Arts and Crafts frame
A new frame of my design for this family portrait.
Carved and Gilded Cartouche
This cartouche, including the shell, had been lost from the early 18th century English looking glass. I carved and gilded the recreation based on research into a related group of looking glasses.
Carving in progress with detailing being laid out.
Carving almost finished.
Finished carving with gesso applied.
Red clay bole applied…ready for gold.
Gold leaf being applied.
Completed cartouche mounted on the looking glass.
New recreation of early 19th frame and eglomize glass mat
This frame, with stamped edge detail and custom made gilded twists, and the eglomise glass mat, was commissioned for a needlework of the same period.
Recreation of 19th century globe stand
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Mahogany and brass globe stand made for early 19th century French globe in the collection of the Union League of Philadelphia.
The Elastic Chair
My reproduction of the ‘fully elastic’ armchair
One of my areas of research is the chair maker, Samuel Gragg. In 1808 he patented a bentwood chair that he called: “Elastic.” Although thanks to the patent office being burned down later in the century, it is a fair assumption that his was the first, and certainly the most deserving piece of patented furniture in the new republic.
An exhibition of this work that I created and curated in 2003 “The Incredible Elastic Chairs of Samuel Gragg” can be found here, thanks to the Chipstone Foundation:
