About The Project
Table
This table's top is a large 1800's era cast iron heating grate that once adorned the hallways of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The grate’s pattern is a series of repeating fleurs-de-lis. The table’s maple frame holds the grate, which is covered by a sheet of tempered glass. To create a visual tie to the top, the turned maple legs are accented with cast fleurs-de-lis. The accents were made by pouring black dyed epoxy into a modeling clay mold of a grate fleur-de-lis.
Chairs
This set of four ladder back maple chairs was made to go with the dining table. The chairs dyed black apron bottom detail and black upholstered seats tie into the black iron top and cast epoxy fleur-de-lis on the table.
The black bottom shoes on the chairs were a design accident that turned out well. The customers are a very tall husband and a rather short wife. I worked with the wife to design the chairs, and she naturally wanted the seats low. After the chairs were constructed the husband sat on them and determined that they were too low. A compromise was to raise them slightly by adding the slim feet. This black detail is a continuation of the black apron bottom and the black table grate - a perfect solution.
