learn to build a Blanket Chest

We will show you how we go about cutting and fitting dovetails by hand with help from some modern machinery. 

The major difference between a Chippendale or a Federal blanket chest is dovetail arrangement and feet

There are two dovetailed drawers with a single divider under the blanket compartment. 

We have added two secret drawers which operate under the till. The lid of the till also acts as a lid support. 

You have the choice of building a bracket foot. There are many options. A flat bracket or an ogee bracket foot. 

There are several ways of building a flared French foot.