DOUGAL CHARTERIS
Updated 160 days ago
The Newport furniture makers were among the best of early American furniture makers and the block front kneehole bureau by John Goddard is a masterpiece of American furniture...
The table top size that fitted the room and 6 chairs was to small for two pedestals and to big and tippy for a single pedestal so I split one pedestal in two and joined them with a rail reflecting the design of the top rail of the chair set...
Dougal Charteris, master craftsman furniture maker,antique restoration conservation and repair specialist and teacher of fine furniture making. Offering classes in Markinch, Fife, Scotland.