Esherick Style Door

[HarveyWildes]

After seeing a picture of an Esherick cabinet in Fine Woodworking a few years back, I decided that I would try to make the doors one day.  I finally got around to designing it, and found that I just didn't have the skills to make sure that the outside of the door would be perfectly rectangular when I was done.  At the time, I was designing the frame joints as saddle joints in order to get the strength I wanted.

Then along came a Domino.  Made the whole thing relatively easy.

Frames are #2 Cherry.  In the first pic, the panels are figured Chechen.  In the second pic, the panels are curly maple.  Sorry about the orientation of the second picture.

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[nclemmons]

Nice job!  The figure in the maple adds a lot of interest, even beyond the door design.

I've never seen doors like that.  What's the origin of the design?

 

[Kevin McConville]

Very interesting, I like the lines. Might try something like that some day.

 

[HarveyWildes]

Nice job!  The figure in the maple adds a lot of interest, even beyond the door design.

I've never seen doors like that.  What's the origin of the design?

Wharton Esherick was an architect who did sculpted furniture.  I got the idea from this cabinet:https://www.google.com/search?q=Wharton+Esherick+Victrola+Cabinet&biw=1557&bih=903&tbm=isch&imgil=lIamK-SSAi7VEM%253A%253B_T_ToRb0CG8xBM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.pinterest.com%25252Fpin%25252F550916966895109815%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=lIamK-SSAi7VEM%253A%252C_T_ToRb0CG8xBM%252C_&usg=__qOkPc41kN6azVkbIeQTnb2wY41I%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjAxvWeiOHMAhUrxYMKHdSeB34QyjcIKQ&ei=VAg7V8DMJquKjwTUvZ7wBw#imgrc=lIamK-SSAi7VEM%3A

 

[ear3]

Fantastic work!  It's a little hard to tell from the angle, but are the stiles tapered as they go up (Trapezoidal?, or rather half-trapezoidal)

 

[HarveyWildes]

Fantastic work!  It's a little hard to tell from the angle, but are the stiles tapered as they go up (Trapezoidal?, or rather half-trapezoidal)

Yes.