This spice chest is of a representative style of spice chests common among the Quakers of Chester County. These chests were popular in the 18th century as a means of secure storage for valuable spices.

The primary wood is black walnut. The drawer fronts are 4 way bookmatched quilted claro walnut. The door front is bookmatched walnut burl. The secondary wood is poplar.

Joinery is both through and half blind dovetails. The metal fittings are a mortied keyed lock and brass drawer pulls.

Bill Andererson is a handtool woodworking artisan specializing in American Period Furniture. Using period tools and techniques, his work focuses on traditional design and joinery. Bill teaches handtool woodworking at his shop in Chapel Hill, NC, at Roy Underhill's Woodwrights School in Pittsboro, NC, and at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC.

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