This is an end table I designed to fullfill the “case piece” assignment in a class, where the parameters were “it has to have a door and a drawer.”

The carcase is maple, the legs cherry, door insets are soft maple, drawer bird’s eye maple veneer. Fun project – thanks for looking.

It is finished with super-blonde shellac and Liberon paste wax.

I built this while I was studying with Brian Reid (www.brianreidfurniture.com) at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. The two posts are 107 layers of veneer that were pressed into a curved form, and after drying, I cut straight pieces through them. The frame itself is bleached ash, and the top curve is steam bent, ebonized oak.

Thanks for looking!