18'' W 36'' L 5 1/2'' H
Lightly figured Black Walnut w/ Black Cherry inlay
Tried & True pure linseed oil w/ beeswax
I am a little late in posting this , but this chest was an October work . The visual simplicity of this piece - altogether it's just a box with a glass-panel top - is the cumulative effect of an exacting joinery set , good wood , and quality hardware . The box is joined with delicately proportioned (read difficult to cut) dovetails and the bottom panel (which nobody will ever see when the case is lined with velvet) is a rigid and stable fame & panel pine assembly . The frame in which the glass panel is fitted is fashioned with a mitered slip joint , which I chose because it meets the tricky structural requirements of the assembly and allows a certain 'grain flow' around the corners that doesn't distract the eye from the overall appearance of the piece or its contents .
The glass panel is fixed in the wood panel with flush wood cletes held in place with polished brass screws . The brass hardware on this piece is deffinitely worth mentioning . The full-mortise lockset is a a good American made piece , but nothing special . The lidstays are premium ( very expensive but well worth it ) Brusso-made pieces . The feel they telegraph through the piece when they operate really makes this box for me . The hinges are Lee Valley extruded brass ; truly a hardware package that will serve flawlessly for generations .
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