Showing posts with label pedestal desk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pedestal desk. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 June 2016

Book stands

This will be the final post in a series featuring my recent Chippendale miniatures: bed,  tea table, and the magnificent cellarette.

In the same bundle the cellarette came in I got several other rare kits, including a dumb waiter, a marble-top serving table, a window seat and a set of book stand and pedestal desk.


I was very excited about the book stand because I wanted a sheet music stand for my music room, and I had been planning to make one from a candle stand, but now I could use this kit. Both objects were easy to make, even the desk that involved hinges, but I have had some practice with cabinets recently so I managed elegantly.



The stand is now in the music room so that the harpist can read her score:



And the desk is temporarily in the smoking room:


There are already two desks in this room so I am not sure it is the right place. Maybe it can go into the guest bedroom or maybe in the music room as well? In any case, it is a lovely piece.