So, last week I was camping in Wales, lost my passport, and went to London to get a new one. After I got it, I had an extra hour to kill so walked over to the Victoria and Albert Museum, which has lots of medieval woodwork (and other periods too). One thing I wanted to see was this chest or cassone, which dates from ~1488:
(Hoping the photobucket images work, since I have a cheap paid account)
What has me really interested is the end shape. If you look, you'll see that the top and front curves are formed by curved boards nailed to the ends:
The thing is, I'd like to make a shorter version of this (the original is almost 5' long). How would I best curve the boards to go in the front and top? I couldn't measure them directly, but I think they're about 5/8" thick. Wood type on the original is unspecified. The boards are maybe 6-8" wide. Front to back distance is about 17-1/2", height is about 21-1/2". The originals could have been bent while green, or adzed out on the inside, or maybe they did something else. The greenwood option is out for me, but perhaps steam bent around a form would work.
V&A catalog description: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O109268/cassone-unknown/
Kirk