This is a chest of subtle details starting with the wildly figured camphor wood dovetailed case which delicately scents the interior of the drawers. The drawer fronts are cut from a single wide piece of instrument grade curly claro walnut with the grain running continuous trough all the drawers. The elliptical lemon wood drawer pulls are each surrounded by a subtle carved pattern echoing the elliptical pull. This carved area around each drawer pull is not just a decorative detail but also functions to make the inevitable denting and scratching around diminutive pulls part of the design rather than something that detracts from the design. The carved texture around the drawer pulls is also repeated in the carved apron and on the carved corner chamfer of the legs. Even the back has a figured walnut panel and a carved apron.
The interior of the drawers are lined with black felt and currently divided into a total of 150 individual compartments with the bottom drawer having no dividers. This layout will be altered befor being shipped to its new home in Hawaii.
© Robin Corell 2007