Can anyone recommend a very skilled antique woodworker?

[antiquedrawer]

Hi there

Can anyone recommend a very skilled person or company that can make an exact duplicate small antique drawer? The drawer must be constructed with the same quality materials, proportions etc, with exact dovetailing to all the corners. The frontage would then need to be veneered and inlaid with brass to match. I would try and source the brass work myself.

If you know someone that might be suitable, I would really appreciate hearing from you.

With thanks

David

 

[Paul Chapman]

You could try someone like John Lloyd http://www.johnlloydfinefurniture.co.uk ... re-making/

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[adidat]

this guy makes some real nice boxes.

http://www.hawthornecrafts.com/

adidat

 

[Peter Sefton]

Our very own mrpercysnodgrass a very talented restorer

http://www.pauldavisrestorations.co.uk

Cheers Peter

 

[Matt@]

I'm interested in what people think of the going rate for this job from a skilled individual running a business

any views?

 

[antiquedrawer]

Thank you so much for these recommendations, I will be contacting them shortly.

Much appreciated

David

 

[Eric The Viking]

I'm curious, as ever:

Obviously it's from a piece of early (and expensive) campaign furniture - probably a writing chest. It looks like the interior is lined with canvas treated with pitch (and then shellac?), presumably to keep moisture out, and it was evidently used as designed.

But what would the purpose have been of the small partition at the front of the drawer?

I'm trying to guess dimensions, but as those handles were made in various sizes it's hard. Say 10" wide: that makes the partition almost too narrow for fingers. So did something like a bespoke box fit into it? One might imagine it as space for a thin box holding pens.

Does anyone recognise it as a specific type of drawer from a specific design?