Title: Walnut Chest
Artist: John Nairn
Media Type: Furniture
Artist Statement: Rather than discarding an unwieldy walnut chest (circa 1880), I recovered its walnut (the top was a solid 18" wide plank) and recycled into a new walnut chest with better scaling. The contrasting side panels were from original hardwood drawer bottoms (maybe butternut); the only new wood was for the current posts that needed to be longer and thicker than any pieces available from the original.