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ing spacc by four. Why do we jump up to nine? For a four-drawer chest we have three actual siructuraldrawerblades: The second

drawer down has one hidden Wade, the third drawer has another two. and the bottom drawer has three drawer blades built into the height ()actual» I sccond drawer♦ 2 third drawer ♦ 3 bottom drawer - 9 total).

Line of Recall

I mentioned earlier that the Philadelphia chest used two methods to focus the c>e on a point of interest. Take another look at the series of t hree smal ler d rawer* t hat cap I he chest on chest. The drawers are laid out symmetrically on each side of a vertical center-line. Inarchitecturethiscenterilne Isknow as a 'line of recall* as one side recalls the image on the other. Symmetry is often used tostccrthccyetoafocal point. Inabutlding the focal point might be a fireplace ora main entry door; on ihischcst on chest the point of interest is the carving and pediment on topofthe piece. Usingthcsc smaller flank

ing drawers acts like a bulls-eye to center our vision.

The width* of these drawersabo haw a prcpcnkmal relationship. The outer drawers that flankthemtddlearearatioof2:3.So the widths of the openings have this little propon ional sequence of 2:3:2. This isquitc common in period furniture where desipi-ers placed wit h propon tons much as a composer plays with musical notes.

Here isa simple quick way to lay out tne drawer widths to achieve this proponioral effect. This time weare concerned with stepping off horizontal units. Stan by setti lg one set of divider points to the width of tie vertical pieces that structurally sepanic the drawers. Take that settingand step off twice from one side of t lie case opening Ntxi take ihc second set of dividersand through trial and error divide the remaining space by seven. Why seven? Our drawers have a proportional rclationshipof 2:3:2; the sum of those Is seven.

Once you have the spacc divided by

seven go back to the side of the case and stcpovertwvMimes. Dothisonbothsidesof tlx- case opening. Thisestahlishcsihc width of your smaller flanking drawers. Use the other dividers to lay in the vertical separators. The middle drawer will automatically wxvrkcxu lobe three units wide.completing

the proportional sequence of 2:3:2. In this case we have a scries of graduated drawers that draw the eye upward then a simple symmetrical drawer arrangement of 2:3:2 thai further pulls the eye toa point of interest. In all t hese examples we ait not actually arnv-ingat any dimensions just propon ions. Once drawer opcningsarc established, simply make drawers to fit.

These methods, though drawn from ant iquily, can be a valuable tool to give life to your designs, regardless of in what style you work. PW

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