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Best Traditional Design - for reproduction of a Philadelphia Side Chair - 2021 Northern Woods Show

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Cartouche Award 2020 - Presented by the SAPFM for life time achievement in Period Furniture.

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Best Traditional Design - for reproduction of a Philadelphia Tip & Turn Tea Table - 2019 Northern Woods Show

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Best Carving - for reproduction of a Tall Case Clock - 2018 Northern Woods Show

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Best Handwork & Peer Award - for reproduction of a Chippendale Dressing Table - 2017 Northern Woods Show

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Best Handwork - for reproduction of a John Goddard Tea Table - 2015 Northern Woods Show

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Gardiner Greene Serpentine Bombé Chest of Drawers

Reproduction of a serpentine bombé chest attributed to the shop of John Cogswell of Boston, Massachusetts. The original was made for Gardiner Greene and is currently owned by the Dietrich American Foundation and is on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The drawer sides conform to the bombé shape of the sides. The original dates from 1780 - 1790.

The bombé from was relatively rare and the serpentine front was rarer still. The beading around the drawers is cut from the solid on both the drawer blades and the sides. Each side was sculpted from one piece of 3" thick mahogany. The top is also a single board. Note the vertical line formed by the left and right extremities of the serpentine curve from each of the drawer fronts.