This box is the most elaborate inlay I've ever done. It is a duplicate of a commission I made in 2011. I am somewhat of a pioneer in working with certain CNC inlay techniques -it created quite a stir when I posted the top on the web forum for the CADCAM software I use, Vectric Aspire . Though these days most marquetry, the art of creating pictures from wood veneer in jigsaw puzzle like fashion, is done with laser cutting, there are distinct advantages in using the slower, fussier router based method I use, not the least of which is that I use several times thicker wood, allowing for a finely sanded finish with no fear of sanding through. It also allows the use of species not readily available in veneer, especially black ebony. The width of the strings of the oval ebony knotwork banding is about .025".

The solid bubinga cased box features a large ebony field with holly and satinwood stars, a holly unicorn with ivory horn entangled in a baliwood banding, with a celtic knotwork banding of ebony in an oval of arrarcanga. The ebony escutcheon is inlaid with ivory as well (the ivory comes from a supply of old piano keys friends have blessed me with over the years...). The box can be locked by key, and the drawers are locked when the top is closed by a settable switch that allows for a non-locking mode. In stock

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