Hannah's Chest

Actually made some time ago.  Mahogany with Holey stringing and beads.   Secondary wood is Poplar.   Aged the brass to give a vintage look to the hardware.   Chest is 21 inches wide,  14 inches tall, and 14 inches deep.     Wall thickness is 1/2 inch.   Dovetails all hand cut.  Feet were turned on my Midi Lathe.  The strings are 1/16"  wide and 3/32' deep  before sanding down.   Bosch Colt router with a Freud 1/16" bit used to cut the grooves for the strings.    Bottom moulding made on my router table with various bits.    Bosch router.  Finish is BLO and later shellac to seal it.   
This is a copy of one made by Moses Pyle in 1746 for his daughter Hannah's birthday, age 4.    The square area on the front between the stringing had her birth date and initials carved in.    The chest was made of Walnut.    In 1748 he made a second chest for his Sister-in-Law also named Hannah.    This one is in the Winterhur Museum in Pennsylvania.  
Popular Woodworking did an article on the chest and a build.   That build and those plans I used for my copy of Hannah's Chest.  The article is available Popularwoodworking.com/article/hannahs-inlaid-chest/   My build is not an exact copy of theirs but close, used theirs as a guide and reference.