Wood
Tiger maple
Cherry
Color
Cranberry
stain
Patina
stain
Raisin
stain
Black/green
milkpaint
Custom
Antiquing
Light
Medium
Heavy
| White glove blanket wrapped service- Furniture set up in room ready to use. No packing required. |
| Delivery in company van in Maine- Furniture set up in your room ready to use. No packing required. |
| Customer pick up- From loading dock at workshop. No packing required. |
| Brass
plaque.
3 inches X 1.125 inches, solid unfinished brass, letters and numbers as you sketch out, attached with four escutcheon pins, located on any flat surface you choose.  |
Pine as secondary wood. In the 18th century, it was common for pine to be used on the interior parts of chests. this practice significantly reduced the weight of the chest when it needed to be moved. Pieces such as highboys benefited from pine as the secondary wood by the reduction of weight on the slim ankles of the cabriole legs. |
One piece drawer bottoms. In the 18th century there were more big trees than time to glue and clamp drawer bottoms together. Consequently, drawer bottoms were made out of one piece of wood. We do the same. It doesn't make the drawer bottoms any better, just more authentic. |
| Ordering
procedure. 1. Determine generally what you want to buy. Questions by phone are good. 800-789-5188 2. Mail a $200 deposit check to us. As we say, this seperates the serious from the curious. It also puts you on our build schedule. 3. We will mail you a written confirmation of your deposit and an invoice distilling to writing the decisions made thus far. 4. Each item we build has lists of "choices" from which a selection must be made. "Options" are optional. 5. Once you have paid your deposit, we are happy to mail you finish samples of your choosing for consideration in your light. 6. Payment in full including shipping and Maine state sales tax if applicable, must be paid by personal check prior to your build date. 7. We will build, ship, arrange and pay the shipper on your behalf, and refund any overpayment. |
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Antiquing.
The combination of steps in the furniture finishing process that have
as their sole objective to make the furniture look older than it really
is. How much older is determined by the amount of antiquing applied.
We offer antiquing in light, medium and heavy quantities. First, try as we might to make perfect furniture with no blemishes, we can't. So, rather than promise you something that we can't do, we offer you the best that we can do. Second, scratches and dings will happen to your furniture as you use it. if we put the first few on, as others occur, there is less anxiety which is good for you and your visitors. Third, we think it looks more appropriate. It's like a person over forty-five having crows feet around their eyes.
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| Silverware
drawer liner. A custom designed drawer insert designed to accomodate your silverware. made of brown Pacific cloth that inhibits silver from tarnishing. |
| Hand
cut dovetails.
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Flat bracket base. Describes the type of base on this chest. It takes its name from the bracket under a shelf attached to a wall. We dovetail the corner of ours for added decorative effect and leave the pins slightly proud. |
| Sand cast brass
hardware. Today, hardware is made three ways. It is either sand cast, or dye cast, or stamped. In the 18th century all hardware was sand cast. This is the process our supplier uses for us. It imparts a subtle irregularity that can not be duplicated by either of the other two methods. A model is made and packed in French sand. The sand mold is opened, the model taken out and brass poured in. When the piece has cooled, it is taken out and polished. When the piece of hardware gets dull again due to exposure to air, you may have the fun of polishing it also. I suggest you use polishing wool and do not take the pieces off the furniture. |
| Four
lever locks. |
| Along
with our standard colors, we are happy to work with you to match any color
you are looking for, at no extra charge. close |
