A few years ago I was lucky to buy this chest by the late Alan Peters. There were a few other items of his in that sale and I regret not bidding for them as well.
In total there were 168 hand cut dovetails and they are all perfect, believe me I've looked!
The drawers are all a 'trademark' piston fit and each can be opening with one finger from either side without binding.
The drawers have thin (8 mm) sides of quartered oak and the drawer bases are all cedar of Lebanon
The elm all came from the same tree as it matches very well and the curved horizontal frames allow the drawers to be opened without the need to add handles.
The sides are tapered from top to bottom in their thickness, and are from single 18" wide boards.
the overall dimensions are 48" high x 35" wide x 18" deep. A lovely thing.
Evening David,
ReplyDeleteAny chance you could post some photos of the drawer construction, the slips and bottom perhaps. It would be very interesting to see how Peter made them.
Thanks, Stephen Halliday.
Hi Stephen, my camera's in the workshop, I'll take some shots when I next go in. All the best, David.
DeleteThat's bloody lovely David, I'm gonna have a look at this when I get the invite to your house warming party !!!
ReplyDeleteHi Simon, You can come and see it any time. All the best, David.
Deletea lovely thing indeed
ReplyDeleteThis is such an amazing chest of drawers. I bought an Alan Peters book based on your recommendation. He had a great talent.
ReplyDeleteHis book is great too!
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