This is what Emily at Emily Owens Design Group sketched for me as her idea for this display case.
It will showcase a client's presidential memorabilia.
You can see it showing a drawer in the front along with a butlers slide for use when changing the display.
The drawer will be setup with rows of angled supports for various objects. It will be lined with Pacific Cloth I think.
Each side has a fold down tray with display area.
The back will hinge out to reveal  a set of 6 drawers for storage.
The pedestal will have storage in it also.
At this point we haven't decided on a leg.
The area on the top was going to be drawers with sloped tops. that has been changed to be an elongated octagon done in beveled glass with Mahogany mullions.

 This is a picture of my full scale drawing.
It shows a leg choice, basic pedestal shape, and the design for the top.

 Detail of the upper part showing the Quartered columns and the hinged sides
The Quarter columns later changed to full fluted columns with Brass capitols and bases.

This shows the base details and the leg choice. we went with the Regency style leg on the right.
The basic design of the base has an Amboyna Burl field with a Mahogany cross band separated by a 1/16 ebony line.
This detail carried on to the shaft and upper display.

Will have more progress soon I've been veneering my butt off!!

A little more progress

 Here I have added the rosettes to the legs and started the veneer and banding on the base.

The field is Amboyna burl with Mahogany cross banding with a 1/16 ebonized line separating them.

This is a view of the upper display case  The column will be fluted. To the left of the column is a flip down display that will be lined with fabric and set up to display buttons. there is one on the opposite also.
To the right is a drawer that will have beveled glass. You can see the butlers slide above it.
The back will have a series of hidden drawers that pivot out. The top will be covered by an elongated hexagon of beveled glass with Mahogany glazing bars.
As you can see still a lot of work to go!

This is my current project. It is a display case for Presidential memorabilia for a private client.After getting a feel for what the project parameters was, I drew a full scale drawing for approval.With this particular client the project usually evolves as it proceeds In this case we change the upper drawer display area from the original concept. More on that later.

The base being routed for sliding dovetails

One of the legs after shaping and fitting the caster Rosettes to come

Close up of hairy paw caster
Thanks Londonderry Brasses You Rock!

A little dry assembly to check the progress.

Just Starting

This is the first post on my blog that I hope to create to show my business of producing antique reproductions some custom display cases and some special projects I get to be involved with from time to time.