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Tripod Table

 

Tripod Table

This is an English piece of 1755-1770 in the style of Chippendale in mahogany. The shaft, a cluster of columns quatrefoil in plan, is supported upon a bulbous form which rests upon three cabriole legs. There is a carving in the knee of these legs. The table top is in "Pie-crust" form.

Tripod Table Design Documents
Tripod Table Design Documents
$45.00

These are the PDF design documents for the Tripod Table.

Read more about this piece here.

This page has a video series covering the construction of this table from start to finish.

Reference: "Masterpieces of Furniture" by Verna Cook Salomonsky

 
 
This is an introduction to a series of videos on shop construction of an 18th C. English Tripod Table with a piecrust top. It summarizes my interest in making this complex piece involving a number of special and challenging details.

Introduction

This is an introduction to a series of videos on shop construction of an 18th C. English Tripod Table with a piecrust top. It summarizes my interest in making this complex piece involving a number of special and challenging details.

This is an introduction to the making of an 18th C. Tripod Table, Chippendale Style. There will be several following videos on the various procedures used to construct this piece.

Introduction, part 2

This video goes into more introductory details about the tripod table.

This is second in a series of videos showing the construction of the Tripod Table.

roughing out the post

This video shows roughing out the post on the lathe.

This is the third in a series showing the construction of the Tripod Table. This one covers shaping the turning with a quatrefoil shape.

Shaping the quatrefoil

This video shows shaping the turned post with a quatrefoil shape.

This is fourth in a series showing the shop construction of an 18th C. Tripod Table. This video covers making the Dovetail Sockets in the bottom face of the Post.

Dovetail sockets

This video covers making the Dovetail Sockets in the bottom face of the Post.

This is fourth in a series showing the shop construction of an 18th C. Tripod Table. This video covers making the Dovetails on the cabriole legs.

Dovetails in legs

This video covers making the Dovetails on the cabriole legs.

This is the 6th in a series of videos showing the construction of an 18th C. Tripod Table. This video shows the cutting and fitting of dovetails on the cabriole leg that attach to the mating sockets in the Post.

Fitting dovetails

This video shows the cutting and fitting of dovetails on the cabriole leg that attach to the mating sockets in the Post.

This is the seventh video in a series showing the construction of the 18th C. Tripod Table. In this video, I show the preparation of the cabriole legs for carving the acanthus design on the knee.

Preparing for carving the legs

In this video, I show the preparation of the cabriole legs for carving the acanthus design on the knee.

This is the eigth video in a series showing the construction of the 18th C. Tripod Table. In this video, I show the acanthus carving on the knee of the cabriole legs.

Carving the legs

This video shows the acanthus carving on the knee of the cabriole legs.

This is the ninth video in a series showing the construction of the 18th C. Tripod Table. In this video, I show the shaping of the cabriole legs.

Shaping the legs

In this video, I show the shaping of the cabriole legs.

This is the tenth video of a series on the shop construction of an 18th. C. Tripod Table. This video shows the starting processes on the pie-crust Top.

Starting the Pie Crust Top

This video shows the starting processes on the pie-crust Top.

This is the eleventh video of a series in constructing the 18th C. Tripod Table. In this video, I show the carving of the Pie Crust Edge.

Carving the Pie crust edge

In this video, I show the carving of the Pie Crust Edge.

This is the eleventh video of a series in constructing the 18th C. Tripod Table. In this video, I show the refinement of the Pie Crust Edge.

Refining the pie crust edge

In this video, I show the refinement of the Pie Crust Edge.

This is the thirteenth video of a series in constructing the 18th C. Tripod Table. In this video, I show the beveling of the lower edge of the piecrust.

Beveling the lower edge

In this video, I show the beveling of the lower edge of the piecrust.

This is the fourteenth video of a series in constructing the 18th C. Tripod Table. In this video, I show the finishing of the Pie Crust Edge.

Finishing the top

In this video, I show the finishing of the Pie Crust Edge.