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2023 Schedule of Classes!




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April 15-16: Part I, Philadelphia Chippendale Pembroke Table (Breakfast Table), c1765-1790 H 28.1/4. W open41.1/2, closed 18.1/8. D 31.3/4. Mahogany

This superb project will be composed of four different classes held at Olde Mill taught by Bess Naylor. 9am to 5-ish both days for each part. It will include instruction to all these components. Each part is two days and $400.00 per Part.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art states the following: "In the second half of the eighteenth century, small drop-leaf tables with cross stretchers and four fixed straight legs were know as either Breakfast or Pembroke Tables.” This piece “exemplifies the distinctively Philadelphia version of the type". "Only two Philadelphia Pembroke Tables have yet been attributed. One, branded by cabinetmaker Adam Hains: a plainer one said to have been made by David Evans".
This project is embellished with many exceptional features. Serpentine shaped leaves with molded edges. “Stump” corners on the drop leaves. Gadrooning on the front drawer rail with scratch-beaded edges on the drawer front (or alternatively, corner brackets). Straight Marlborough legs and cuffs. Crossed, arched stretchers. Rule joints. Knuckle joints. An exceptional table with all the bells and whistles!




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May 20-21: Part I, Very Rare William and Mary Line-and-Berry Inlaid Walnut High Chest of Drawers, Chester County or Delaware River Valley, Pennsylvania. Circa 1735. Height 52 1/2 in. by Width 43 in. by Depth 25 in. Walnut

This exceptional and rare project will be composed of four different classes held at Olde Mill taught by Bess Naylor. 9am to 5-ish both days for each part. It will include instruction in the joinery techniques involved. Turnings may be purchased separately at a modest cost, if desired. There are frame and panel sides that have a small ogee molding. I will have a plane available for class use, or you can purchase your own from Plane Maker Dan Schwank (let me know to place order). The Line and Berry embellishment will also be discussed and executed, or at least started in class, but you will leave with all necessary information to complete your own piece. This is an exceptional opportunity to reproduce a magnificent, RARE early Philadelphia, Pennsylvania chest.

Sotheby’s states: “This William and Mary chest on frame is the only known example of its form with line and berry inlay. The top is elaborately inlaid with a large two-handled urn flanked by scrolling vines. The two short and three long drawers of the case and the single drawer of the base are decorated with scrolling vines that terminate in unusual four-berry clusters. In his recently published article “Lines and Dots,” Christopher Storb illustrates and discusses this chest on frame as part of a group of line and berry furniture that may have originated in the Delaware River Valley rather than Chester County. He identifies characteristics found on this chest as distinctive for the group including the unusual four berry clusters and use of numerous compass point settings to generate the design. The secondary woods of red gum, Atlantic white cedar, and hard pine used to construct this chest and others in the group are typical of furniture made in the Delaware River Valley. Illustrated in Christopher Storb, “Lines and Dots,” October 25, 2021, https://cstorb.com/2021/10/25/lines-and-dots/




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June 10-11: Part II, Philadelphia Chippendale Pembroke Table (Breakfast Table), c1765-1790 H 28.1/4. W open41.1/2, closed 18.1/8. D 31.3/4. Mahogany

This superb project will be composed of four different classes held at Olde Mill taught by Bess Naylor. 9am to 5-ish both days for each part. It will include instruction to all these components. Each part is two days and $400.00 per Part.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art states the following: "In the second half of the eighteenth century, small drop-leaf tables with cross stretchers and four fixed straight legs were know as either Breakfast or Pembroke Tables.” This piece “exemplifies the distinctively Philadelphia version of the type". "Only two Philadelphia Pembroke Tables have yet been attributed. One, branded by cabinetmaker Adam Hains: a plainer one said to have been made by David Evans".
This project is embellished with many exceptional features. Serpentine shaped leaves with molded edges. “Stump” corners on the drop leaves. Gadrooning on the front drawer rail with scratch-beaded edges on the drawer front (or alternatively, corner brackets). Straight Marlborough legs and cuffs. Crossed, arched stretchers. Rule joints. Knuckle joints. An exceptional table with all the bells and whistles!




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July 15-16: Part II, Very Rare William and Mary Line-and-Berry Inlaid Walnut High Chest of Drawers, Chester County or Delaware River Valley, Pennsylvania. Circa 1735. Height 52 1/2 in. by Width 43 in. by Depth 25 in. Walnut

This exceptional and rare project will be composed of four different classes held at Olde Mill taught by Bess Naylor. 9am to 5-ish both days for each part. It will include instruction in the joinery techniques involved. Turnings may be purchased separately at a modest cost, if desired. There are frame and panel sides that have a small ogee molding. I will have a plane available for class use, or you can purchase your own from Plane Maker Dan Schwank (let me know to place order). The Line and Berry embellishment will also be discussed and executed, or at least started in class, but you will leave with all necessary information to complete your own piece. This is an exceptional opportunity to reproduce a magnificent, RARE early Philadelphia, Pennsylvania chest.

Sotheby’s states: “This William and Mary chest on frame is the only known example of its form with line and berry inlay. The top is elaborately inlaid with a large two-handled urn flanked by scrolling vines. The two short and three long drawers of the case and the single drawer of the base are decorated with scrolling vines that terminate in unusual four-berry clusters. In his recently published article “Lines and Dots,” Christopher Storb illustrates and discusses this chest on frame as part of a group of line and berry furniture that may have originated in the Delaware River Valley rather than Chester County. He identifies characteristics found on this chest as distinctive for the group including the unusual four berry clusters and use of numerous compass point settings to generate the design. The secondary woods of red gum, Atlantic white cedar, and hard pine used to construct this chest and others in the group are typical of furniture made in the Delaware River Valley. Illustrated in Christopher Storb, “Lines and Dots,” October 25, 2021, https://cstorb.com/2021/10/25/lines-and-dots/




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August 19-20: Part III, Philadelphia Chippendale Pembroke Table (Breakfast Table), c1765-1790 H 28.1/4. W open41.1/2, closed 18.1/8. D 31.3/4. Mahogany

This superb project will be composed of four different classes held at Olde Mill taught by Bess Naylor. 9am to 5-ish both days for each part. It will include instruction to all these components. Each part is two days and $400.00 per Part.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art states the following: "In the second half of the eighteenth century, small drop-leaf tables with cross stretchers and four fixed straight legs were know as either Breakfast or Pembroke Tables.” This piece “exemplifies the distinctively Philadelphia version of the type". "Only two Philadelphia Pembroke Tables have yet been attributed. One, branded by cabinetmaker Adam Hains: a plainer one said to have been made by David Evans".
This project is embellished with many exceptional features. Serpentine shaped leaves with molded edges. “Stump” corners on the drop leaves. Gadrooning on the front drawer rail with scratch-beaded edges on the drawer front (or alternatively, corner brackets). Straight Marlborough legs and cuffs. Crossed, arched stretchers. Rule joints. Knuckle joints. An exceptional table with all the bells and whistles!




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September 16-17: Part III, Very Rare William and Mary Line-and-Berry Inlaid Walnut High Chest of Drawers, Chester County or Delaware River Valley, Pennsylvania. Circa 1735. Height 52 1/2 in. by Width 43 in. by Depth 25 in. Walnut

This exceptional and rare project will be composed of four different classes held at Olde Mill taught by Bess Naylor. 9am to 5-ish both days for each part. It will include instruction in the joinery techniques involved. Turnings may be purchased separately at a modest cost, if desired. There are frame and panel sides that have a small ogee molding. I will have a plane available for class use, or you can purchase your own from Plane Maker Dan Schwank (let me know to place order). The Line and Berry embellishment will also be discussed and executed, or at least started in class, but you will leave with all necessary information to complete your own piece. This is an exceptional opportunity to reproduce a magnificent, RARE early Philadelphia, Pennsylvania chest.

Sotheby’s states: “This William and Mary chest on frame is the only known example of its form with line and berry inlay. The top is elaborately inlaid with a large two-handled urn flanked by scrolling vines. The two short and three long drawers of the case and the single drawer of the base are decorated with scrolling vines that terminate in unusual four-berry clusters. In his recently published article “Lines and Dots,” Christopher Storb illustrates and discusses this chest on frame as part of a group of line and berry furniture that may have originated in the Delaware River Valley rather than Chester County. He identifies characteristics found on this chest as distinctive for the group including the unusual four berry clusters and use of numerous compass point settings to generate the design. The secondary woods of red gum, Atlantic white cedar, and hard pine used to construct this chest and others in the group are typical of furniture made in the Delaware River Valley. Illustrated in Christopher Storb, “Lines and Dots,” October 25, 2021, https://cstorb.com/2021/10/25/lines-and-dots/




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October 21-22: Part IV, Philadelphia Chippendale Pembroke Table (Breakfast Table), c1765-1790 H 28.1/4. W open41.1/2, closed 18.1/8. D 31.3/4. Mahogany

This superb project will be composed of four different classes held at Olde Mill taught by Bess Naylor. 9am to 5-ish both days for each part. It will include instruction to all these components. Each part is two days and $400.00 per Part.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art states the following: "In the second half of the eighteenth century, small drop-leaf tables with cross stretchers and four fixed straight legs were know as either Breakfast or Pembroke Tables.” This piece “exemplifies the distinctively Philadelphia version of the type". "Only two Philadelphia Pembroke Tables have yet been attributed. One, branded by cabinetmaker Adam Hains: a plainer one said to have been made by David Evans".
This project is embellished with many exceptional features. Serpentine shaped leaves with molded edges. “Stump” corners on the drop leaves. Gadrooning on the front drawer rail with scratch-beaded edges on the drawer front (or alternatively, corner brackets). Straight Marlborough legs and cuffs. Crossed, arched stretchers. Rule joints. Knuckle joints. An exceptional table with all the bells and whistles!




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November 11-12: Part IV, Very Rare William and Mary Line-and-Berry Inlaid Walnut High Chest of Drawers, Chester County or Delaware River Valley, Pennsylvania. Circa 1735. Height 52 1/2 in. by Width 43 in. by Depth 25 in. Walnut

This exceptional and rare project will be composed of four different classes held at Olde Mill taught by Bess Naylor. 9am to 5-ish both days for each part. It will include instruction in the joinery techniques involved. Turnings may be purchased separately at a modest cost, if desired. There are frame and panel sides that have a small ogee molding. I will have a plane available for class use, or you can purchase your own from Plane Maker Dan Schwank (let me know to place order). The Line and Berry embellishment will also be discussed and executed, or at least started in class, but you will leave with all necessary information to complete your own piece. This is an exceptional opportunity to reproduce a magnificent, RARE early Philadelphia, Pennsylvania chest.

Sotheby’s states: “This William and Mary chest on frame is the only known example of its form with line and berry inlay. The top is elaborately inlaid with a large two-handled urn flanked by scrolling vines. The two short and three long drawers of the case and the single drawer of the base are decorated with scrolling vines that terminate in unusual four-berry clusters. In his recently published article “Lines and Dots,” Christopher Storb illustrates and discusses this chest on frame as part of a group of line and berry furniture that may have originated in the Delaware River Valley rather than Chester County. He identifies characteristics found on this chest as distinctive for the group including the unusual four berry clusters and use of numerous compass point settings to generate the design. The secondary woods of red gum, Atlantic white cedar, and hard pine used to construct this chest and others in the group are typical of furniture made in the Delaware River Valley. Illustrated in Christopher Storb, “Lines and Dots,” October 25, 2021, https://cstorb.com/2021/10/25/lines-and-dots/



Seminar Registration, Please read carefully!

Seminar Policy:
Thank you for your interest in attending a woodworking seminar with us at Olde Mill. It should be an exciting and rewarding learning experience. The following is Olde Mill's Seminar Attendance Policy. In order to register for a class, you must pay a minimum deposit of $75.00 per person,per session. Full payment is due 4 weeks in advance of the class.There will be no exceptions. Your full payment will ensure that a space will be held for you in the class. Please comply with our policy or you may lose your spot in the class.

Single Session Seminars:
In the event that you cancel attendance to a single session seminar, you will be refunded ONLY if we are contacted in writing a minimum of four weeks prior to the course. This may be done by written US Mail or an email to Bess's email address that is confirmed back to you by email. If you do not provide us with proper notification, you will not be refunded your money. Our cancellation of a class will result in a complete refund. If you cancel attendence to a class for any reason, without following the above-stated policy, you are still expected to make full payment.

Multi-Session Seminars:
Due to the nature of on-going instruction with a more complex piece, we cannot fill a vacant bench space after a project has been started. If you cancel out of a class 60 days prior to the first session, then we will refund monies paid minus a $75.00 cancellation fee. If you cancel out of a class after the first session has been held, full payment is expected for all remaining classes of that project. Our cancellation of a class will result in a complete refund.

Strict adherence to this policy will be enforced for the mutual benefit of all involved. If you have any questions about this policy, please do not hesitate to call us. We greatly appreciate your cooperation.

Email seminar questions to Bess: sales@oldemill.com












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