Carve a decorative fan

摘要

Cabriole legs may give a Queen Anne lowboy its signature grace, but the fan is its visual centerpiece. The fan, which decorates the bottom center drawer of the lowboy (see pp. 62-69), was a popular element in Queen Anne furniture. It is a fairly simple relief carving that requires a handful of gouges and chisels. I begin with the drawer front cut to size and its edge detail shaped. To lay out the fan, draw a baseline 11/4 in. from the bottom of the drawer front. From the center point of this line, draw a perpendicular line.