Out of Stock. I"ll
be making more of these in 2010.
The latching mechanism at the top of the cabinet requires
the left hand door to be closed first. Closing the right-hand door
then depresses a latch that holds the left door shut, allowing the
key controlled lock to secure the cabinets contents from unwelcome
perusal. Of course the doors stay shut (via magnetic catches) without
the key. The ebony escutcheon is inlaid into the door, and also sits
proud of the door's surface by a beveled 1/32". The doors exterior
feature an inlaid ebony bead that highlight the bookmatched panels.
The side veneers are cut from the same flitch, as seen below.
Cabinet
is 24" high, 16" wide, and 12" deep. $4300, includes delivery to
the Northeast. Up to 35$ surcharge for west coast delivery. Buy
Out of Stock
Koa of this quality is seldom seen outside Hawaii, and
a koa cabinet of this detailing is unlikely to be offered for sale
off the Islands, as the Hawaiian woodworkers enjoy a captive market,
their woodworking talents bolstered by the Island's rather significant
charms, such that they sell their best work mostly in state to people
from around the world who visit Hawaii, and , blissed out by the Hawaiian
climate and Aloha charm, see beautiful koa products they can't resist.
If it weren't for the long New England winter, I might not make a
piece this complicated either!
The panels, 11'"deep by 13" tall, allow the ideal
storage of jewelry items that are best hung : necklaces, earrings,
and bracelets. This allows the most accessible and tangle-free
placement of pieces not ideally suited for traditional jewelry
boxes. The panels are suspended on a double glide system that
allows them to be pulled entirely forward of the cabinet enclosure,
and then pivoted, providing perfect visual and manual access
to both sides of each panel. The panels are koa veneered birch
multi-ply panels with solid koa edge banding on both sides.
The rods are solid ebony dowels, sloped up for necklace retention.
They're plenty long for hanging multiple pieces on each hanger.
One panel houses ten rows of earring holders, (five on each
side of the panel) each containing space for 7-14 pairs of earrings.
A total of 72 ebony rods, with two rows on each side of one
panel, and a single row on the two others, provide hanging room
for necklaces and bracelets. The necklace and bracelet panels
also feature a padded well at their bottoms, so extra-long pieces
can be hung and their excess length can be securely held.
Here are open shots of the three drawers.The drawers
are 14" wide and 10 " deep, and are graduated in depth
from 1 1/2' to 2". The top drawer has two long compartments,
either or both of which can be fitted with ring pads, and 16
small cubbies. The middle drawer has two long compartments which
can be fitted with ring pads, and four 4" x 5" compartments,
and the bottom drawer is separate into two large areas for bulkier
items. I can add additional divisions per your request to any
of the drawers.
I
use this interesting interlocking rabbet on the drawers for these cabinets. The
joint is a variant of the sliding dovetail, appropriate to the scale of these
drawers. It's cut to very close tolerances, a job for the dial caliper measuring
in 1000's of an inch rather than simply 64th's.
