Hand-Made
Pair Of Wine Cabinets
Bespoke Hand-Made
Pair Of Wine Cabinets from Wheathills
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Created for a specific
use these Wine Cabinets were designed to blend with
an antique environment yet individual in their own
right. Their use would be to accommodate wine, dining
room accessories and to display fine glassware.
The cabinet bodies were created in solid mahogany
with the cornice,top, skirt and |
| cross-banded detail
being finished as part of the show-wood surfaces.The
cornice is fitted with a carved dental mould beneath
the first concaved detail, beneath are individually
created gothic arch carvings, each gilded with 24
carat gold laid on red boule and gesso base. Itself
laid onto a Satinwood background. |
A glazed single door created with individual astragal
glazed panels, fitted with hand-made cylinder glass
enclosing adjustable glass shelves backed with an upholstered
pure silk panel. The door itself is decorated with a
finely carved bow and ribbon laid on as an integral
part of the door and astragal mould, gilt with 24 carat
gold laid on red boule and gesso. The mortise and tennon
door frames being decorated with Satinwood and strung
in a Boxwood, Ebony and Tulipwood string, supported
on a base of five graduated drawers of satinwood, strung
in Tulipwood, Boxwood and Ebony.
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The first three being actual drawers
and last two being a cupboard door, enclosing, in the
first instance a wine cellaret and the second cabinet
a removable wine rack. Each drawer was fitted with hand-made
swan neck drop handles and raised escutcheons. The sides
of the cabinets are decorated with book matched Satinwood
veneer, strung in Tulipwood, Boxwood and Ebony and banded
in Mahogany. The whole piece is supported by a moulded
and shaped skirt.
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The finish was created using
a blend of pale shellac, warmed with orange shellac,
burnished with coloured beeswax to create depth
in the corners and quirks in order for these pieces
to blend effortlessly into an environment of antique
furniture. |
A similar patination was created
to that of an antique piece with the benefit of crisp
clear lines and un-distressed appearance. All the carvings
were created in Limewood, initially drawn directly onto
a plywood former and laid into position. Our carver
then began to create a carving of depth and movement,
even the back was carved to create the illusion of the
ribbon tails over-laying the astragal moulding and door
frames. The astragal glazing beads were created individually
by hand and fitted with cylinder glass which was laid
on a traditional bed of linseed putty. The locks and
hinges were specially made to suit positions on the
cabinet most effectively and the interior of the cellaret
and wine cooler has been upholstered in black leather
hide. |
