Society of American Period Furniture Makers
The E-Interview Series: The Bombé Chest with John Davis

Figure 27. The chest nearly completed.

SAPFM What is your finishing process?
DAVIS I apply a heavy cut spit coat followed by cut shellac?


SAPFM Do you Brush or Spray?
DAVIS The shellac is brushed on.  I still need to rub it out and knock off a bit of the glare that you see in the photo above (fig. 27).


SAPFM Where did you obtain your brasses?
DAVIS Ball and Ball.


SAPFM Please describe the bending process?
DAVIS The brass is so highly pierced that I simply flexed it by hand to fit.

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