Jen Novak, a local interior designer and owner of the Gilded Elephant, sent me some photos of an original full size Art Deco bed, asking if it could be reproduced as a queen for the renovation of a 1930's Burlington Hill Section home. There were three main challenges to the design and construction of this piece: The first was to figure out what the various woods were, matching them with ones available for purchase today. We settled upon Sapele/Mahogany as the primary wood with Makore, Curly Walnut and Macassar Ebony for the head and footboard panels. The next challenge was the carving of the reed detailing on the legs. This involved having custom shaper cutters made for the vertical elements and hand-carving the leg tops to match. Then there was the laying out and cutting of the veneers ensuring grain color and direction matched the original as closely as possible. These various pieces were then stitched together and laid down in a vacuum veneer press.

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Photography by Brad Pettengill of BP Design.

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