A Secretary's Drawers | Popular Woodworking

Posted September 13, 2007

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This is a tiny drawer from a Philadelphia secretary, circa 1760. Notice the shimmed dovetail. Make you feel better?

Adam Cherubini is a long-time woodworker and contributor to Popular Woodworking Magazine, who studies and works in the 18th-century style using period techniques and tools.