Making the Corner Cupboard

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Connecticut River Valley Corner Cupboard with Barrel Back, circa 1750
The face of the cupboard.
The Barrel Back
The Barrel Back
Sawing the boards for the barrel back
Barrel back boards # 2
Barrel back boards planed out
Ship lap joint and nail pattern
Upper center board of the arched top
Paring the tenon to thickness
Planeing to the finished dimension
Center top board that forms the arch
Thumbnail of the arch board coped
Coped arch board
Shaping and carving the thumbnail on the arch
Making the curved moulding above the arch
Carving the curved moulding above the arch opening, my little pattern above right
Shaping the ogee, aka cyma curve
Shoulder and bead
The shoulder formed
Shaping and carving the thumbnail on the top of the arch moulding
Carving the brickwork
The layout and carving
One in process, one finished
The moulding between the column sections
Carving the end grain profile
Finish carving the end grain
Planeing the pilasters
The finished Round
A Thing of Beauty
Carving the flower
The finished Petal
Top, bottom and three porringer shaped shelves
Planeing the radius
Forming the shaped edge on the porringer shelves
Shaping the radius