Serpentine Chest of Drawers

Reference: "Period Furniture Designs" by Charles Hayward

This is a difficult piece with its shaped front, canted corners, fretwork, and carved bracket feet. I built it in mahogany as is the original (circa 1760 - English), and I've used mahogany crotch veneer on the drawer fronts. The drawers have an ebony cock bead and this was also difficult with the shaped drawer fronts.

Introduction

This is the introductory video for the shop building of an 18th C. Serpentine Chest of Drawers. This is a Chippendale style English chest of drawers.

Making templates

This shows the making of the full size template for shaping the serpentine in the Front Drawer Rails.

working side dadoes

This shows the working of the Side Dadoes that will house the Drawer Frames