Workbench

Cabinetmaker's work bench, North Family, Mount Lebanon, NY, ca. 1840s

ca. 1840s

Object ID:
2012.13.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Workbench with heavy top of beech and maple. Two vises; side vise has maple jaw and screw, tail vise has red maple top and side, maple screw and a hickory handle. Side vise hickory handle is a replacement. Undercarriage ends are frame and panel construction with the front face frame, drawer supports, and back of white pine. A frame and panel door of white pine encloses a cupboard at the proper left end. Two banks of four drawers each occupy the proper right end. Drawers have white pine fronts, backs, and bottoms. The sides are of basswood. A single turned maple knob is centered in each drawer front. Drawers are dovetailed.

Notes

Blog post on this piece: https://shakerml.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/888/

New York Mount Lebanon North Family

New York Mount Lebanon North Family

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Shaker Museum Workbench. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=6184. Accessed on September 29, 2024

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