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A China Cabinet

PostPosted: 21 Aug 2014, 18:17
by Dave R
Or maybe more correctly, a cabinet made in China. This was made in Shaghai about 1840. I came a cross a photo of the cabinet and got to wondering about how to draw the gridwork. After figuring out the pattern, drawing it was actually pretty simple. I might do a blog post to show how I did it.

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Here's a close up of the door. The original has metal screen behind the wooden grid. I need to look for a make an appropriate texture but for now the dark gray will have to do.

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Re: A China Cabinet

PostPosted: 21 Aug 2014, 20:16
by DaveL
Well its an impressive cabinet and yet another great drawing. I would lose the will to live with all those joints, not one for the make it sometime list.

Re: A China Cabinet

PostPosted: 21 Aug 2014, 20:18
by Dave R
Thanks Dave. I'm with you on making those grids in the shop. Seems like a job for an apprentice. :D

Re: A China Cabinet

PostPosted: 21 Aug 2014, 20:24
by Rod
I vaguely remember seeing a video of a craftsman making one of them?

Rod

Re: A China Cabinet

PostPosted: 21 Aug 2014, 20:30
by Robert
I quite like that :)

looks like a job for a CNC machine to me....

Re: A China Cabinet

PostPosted: 21 Aug 2014, 21:21
by 9fingers
I keep thinking there is something wong with the pattern but can't quite out my finger on it.
The 1 unit squares seem out of place?

Bob

Re: A China Cabinet

PostPosted: 21 Aug 2014, 21:36
by Dave R
Bob, you'll have to take that up with the guy who built it. He might be around 200 years old now and is probably senile. :D

Re: A China Cabinet

PostPosted: 21 Aug 2014, 21:41
by Dave R
Actually, you are correct. I missed one little detail. I'll fix it, though. ;)

Re: A China Cabinet

PostPosted: 21 Aug 2014, 21:51
by Dave R
Fixed.
;)

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Time to go home.

Re: A China Cabinet

PostPosted: 23 Aug 2014, 13:45
by Dave R
In case there's any interest, I made a tutorial video showing how I drew the latticework on this cabinet.

The same process could be used to draw divided light windows or the cames for leaded glass windows. I expect you can come up with a few other uses, too.

I also decided it would look better in Chinese red. :D
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I could have used it on this cabinet if I'd thought of it back then. :roll:
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