by Mark Maleski
This walnut chest of drawers is based on a drawing of "Dressing Drawers" in Sumuel A. Humphry's book on Thomas Elfe, although the proportions were changed to fit its intended location. The original was in mahogany, but a neighbor kindly gave me a supply of her walnut that she was unable to use, in an amount nearly ideal for this chest. With those two changes in design (proportion and material), I felt free to make other substitutions: The ogee feet were copied from a Thomas Elfe chest on chest in the same book (proportionally modified to fit the chest) and a molding profile was modified based on preference. Rose head nails were procured from a local blacksmith and used to secure the tongue and groove back. Drawer hardware is from Londonderry Brasses.