15th-Century Hutch Chest Mini-Replica
A friend of mine has moved up in the world, and I wanted to give him a gift that reflected his new status, so I've been working on making a smaller version of a 15th-century hutch chest. The hutch chest is a design that evolved from the earlier 6-panel chest, and it requires joinery ! So, I did the wrong part first because I got excited about the carving and carved his device and that of his lady on the front leg pieces. Seen below in a test fitting with the rest of the front wall of the chest. They are joined by mortis and tenon joins although I have not drilled the holes for the draw-bores yet. Those will be done from the inside so that the pegs won't be visible. Still some fine-tuning left to do so that the join lines are pretty, and prettying-up of the carved areas,