Cherry Sugar Chest

In the Fall of 2006 I built a replica of a sugar chest that sits in the kitchen at the historical James K. Polk home in Columbia, Tn. to be auctioned off for the James K. Polk society's biennial fundraiser. The front and two sides of the top portion of the chest was cut in sequence from a single cherry board that measured 17" wide. The pieces are joined with handcut dovetails and the grain is matched all the way around both sides and front. I turned the knobs and legs to match and the drawer is maple dovetailed into cherry. Oil and wax finish.    

Original sugar chest at the Polk home.