Jewelry Cabinet
I made this jewelry cabinet around the time I
was making my "Top 20 CD Cabinets", as you can see in the base design. In this
case, it's made of solid purpleheart including the drawers, which are of course
dovetailed, which was insane; purpleheart is the last wood you want to use
for finicky hand work. The inside of doors are lined with padded black
velvet for rings. The handles are hand made with ebony.
The thing I liked about developing this design was
the opportunity to make a "suspended crown". This was a continuation of my
fascination with accurately suspended / separated elements, as in my
liquor cabinets and my mantel clocks.
This crown has got a bit of the feel of
classic dental molding, but you can see through it. One day I want to make a
full size piece with this crown detail.
(Old photos, it's actually more purple than
red.)
