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Shaker Style Office Cabinet
This shaker style office cabinet was built for a client who works for a law firm in DC. She was looking for a set of
high quality office furniture which blended traditional design elements with some modern styling. The cabinet is
made from solid hard maple and is built with a traditional shaker construction featuring bracket feet and one
piece crown molding. The construction of the cabinet body is done with handcut dovetails and the shelves are
attached to the sides of the piece with a very solid sliding dovetail joint. The panels on the doors are
bookmatched (i.e. sawn from a single piece of wood and opened like a book so that the grain structure is a mirror
image about the center line). The drawers feature handcut dovetail joints and solid wood bottoms.
As with all my pieces, the size, style, wood selection, and coloring can be customized to suit the customer's
requirements.
Whispering Woodworks
David S. Beach
Fine Custom Furniture and Reproductions
Leesburg, VA
703-737-2126
These pieces are examples of the type of work I do.
Let me know what I can build for you.
Features
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Solid hard maple construction - utilizing wide boards for full grain patterns.
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The dimensions are 76" high x 44" wide x 20" deep - other sizes available on request
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Bookmatched door panels, curved bracket foot base
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Solid maple backboards
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Handcut dovetail & mortise and tenon joinery throughout the piece
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The large file drawers are supported on ball bearing roller slides
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This desk was finished with a hand rubbed wiping varnish - then buffed and waxed to a satiny sheen.
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Other woods, styles and finishes are available
Detail view of lower file drawers and upper cabinet interior.
Detail view of file drawer showing hand cut dovetail
joinery and modern full extension drawer slides.