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Memory Chest - Family Heirloom - Handcarved - LGM222

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:50:02 -0500

Memory Storage Chest - Designed To Be A Cherished Family Heirloom - To Keep All Of Childhoods Favorite Memories - All Carving Is Hand Carved By Our Master Carvers ( No Resin Casted Stick On,s ) - Thick Solid Full Length Timber Top - ( No Veneers - No Glue Ups - No Bolt On legs ) - Hand Hewn, Pegged, Doweled And Solid Hand Tenon Joined Construction - 10 Process Hand Rubbed Finished To World Class Antique Collectors Standards - ( No Spray On Faux Paint Jobs ) - Genuine Natural Stone Inlays - Guaranteed Forever - Order Any Size Or Style

Heirloom Memory Chest - The Art Work Can Not Be Ordered As Shown - Order Any Size Or Style

We Build Personalized Furniture Residential And Commercial All Styles And Sizes - To Your Specific Requirements

This Chest Is One Of A Kind And We Will Never Dublicate. However You May Use This Idea And Design Hand Carved To Your Personalized Photos

Our Factory Engineers & Designers Are Not Salesman And Are Instructed To Educate Each Dealer To Allow A Truly Informed Consumer Decision

It Is Our Experience, Customers Informed With The Unvarnished Facts Make SAF Their Choice

We Offer All Species Of Solid Woods

This Is Not A Foreign Made Mass Produced "Famous Brand Name" Fake Import Impostor.

We Custom Build Fine Art Furniture Residential And Commercial

Solid Exotic American Grown Timber - Built To Family Heirloom Quality - All Of Our Products Are Finished Inside And Out - All Backs Are Finished Same As The Fronts

"When Only The Best Will Do"

Choose From Our Designs Or Use Your Design - We Build To Our Hand Made Standards

As Seen On National TV (30 sec)

Under the supervision of world renowned artist H. J. Nick using only the finest materials. We use "No" engineered cores or faux materials such as paste boards, veneers, masonite, MDO plywood, melamine and oriented strand board panels with expensive wood sounding names such as walnut or hickory veneer etc.

"This Is The Real McCoy."

Don't Be Fooled By Our Upscale Appearance. Our prices are usually lower than lesser quality name brand mass production imports, "We Are The Factory," Hand Crafted In America Since 1913.

Purchase American Made - Invest In "Your" Future.

Investment Quality Equals An Appreciable Asset Furnishing, Destined For Antiquity.

We build only proud to own family heirloom furnishing, rich with family history and priceless heritage. This process begins with you and your family personalizing each piece with your own special design requests. H. J. Nick supervises the details and drafting process with his design team, and upon your approval, we then build your product. Once you receive your item, you can enjoy it secure in the knowledge it will increase in value and become a cherished family heirloom that is guaranteed to stand the test of time.

Historical Origin And Design Inspiration

Most Designs Used Today Were Conceived Hundreds Of Years Ago By Some Of The Worlds Most Famous Architects And Designers Working For The Aristocracies And The Well To Do Of Their Period.

Many of these architects and designers are as well known as Leonardo da Vinci (renaissance architecture) or Michelangelo,s (baroque architecture) as well as more recently William Morris, John Ruskin (founders of the Arts and Crafts furniture movement in circa 1800 England) Gustave Stickley (founder of the American Arts and Crafts movement in America circa 1900.) Frank Loyd Wright, Charles and Henry Greene to name a few.

Every Successful Creative Enterprise Is Always Built On A Foundation That Was Laid Down By Its Predecessors.

All creative people are dependent upon the groundwork laid down by those who came before them. H. J. Nick, artist and direct descendant of the Marbella brothers, and Scottsdale Art Factory have built on these foundations and have raised the bar of quality even higher. Thus setting a new standard and offering the finest one of a kind handmade furnishings found anywhere in the world in the 21st century.

Today Our Master Craftsman Build All Of Our Products Using The Identical Methods And Materials Of The Historical Period Of Each Furnishings Design Conception.

All 21st Century Designs Are Also Built By Our Master Craftsman Using These Classic Traditional Methods.

Whether We Build Products For Your Modern Dream Home Or Ancient Castle

every element Is always built to future collectable antiquity investment quality standards and will stand the test of time. Destined to become a part of your families appreciating financial net worth as well as a proud to own legacy heirloom.

Order As Original Works Or Limited Edition

We Are A "One Stop Shop".

Many of our clients commission furniture For every room, doors, gates, built-in cabinets, lighting and hardware for their entire project. For Example: We are capable of starting with your entrance door design style or personalized carving coat of arms, family crest or business logo and bring this design in a tastefull elegant way in to you interior and exterior lighting fixtures, entrance doors, Interior doors, cabinets, structural elements, entrance gates or furnishings for every room. Making your home a unique piece of your families tradition and legacy.

Note: We do not import or out source allowing us total control of our supreme quality as well as your production requirements.

Product Details As Shown

Order Any Size And With Any Features

Heirloom Memory Chest - The Art Work Can Not Be Ordered As Shown - Order Any Size Or Style

We Build Personalized Furniture Residential And Commercial All Styles And Sizes

Choose From Our Designs Or Use Your Design

We Will Build To Our Hand Made Standards

This Chest Is One Of A Kind And We Will Never Dublicate. However You May Use This Idea And Design Hand Carved To Your Personalized Photos

Details As Shown: Hand Carved Storage Chest - Exotic Cedar - Light Distress Order Any Size. This custom built Chest has been hand hewn & carved from solid exotic cedar, then pegged and doweled to form an extremely solid structure. This bed was designed specifically for the customer and is only one example of the original works we create at Scottsdale Art Factory.

This Custom Furnishing Is Hand Carved To Shape from thick natural air dried exotic cedar solid timber by our master carvers. All design carving is a solid part of the main structure, (no glued up or add on design pieces, veneers or fake materials). Design carving appears on all sides allowing all of our furnishings to be used in the middle of the room as well as against a wall.

Finish As Shown: Finish, Color: Walnut - Exotic Cedar - Light Distress northern white core wood exotic cedar. Our processes includes five to ten coats of hand rubbed furniture quality clear oils or water based non-toxic lacquers. It is applied, cured, rubbed and re-applied depending upon whether your order is limited edition or old growth original works. Every surface of this table and chairs is finely finished including the undersides and hidden areas. These furnishings are built to investment family heirloom quality and are finished to be virtually maintenance free and will stand the test of time. You may choose the natural color, from over 400 standard stain colors or computer color match to any color stain. Most of our finishes are water based and earth friendly. You may order any color or texture finish at no extra charge.

In This Section On Each Product Page Located Under The Appropriate Pop Down Menu - We Provide Detailed Product Information As Each Photo Is Shown. Each Item Is Shown As The Customer It Was Built For Required Its Specifications. However Each Item Can Be Changed To Any Size Or Redesigned With No Design Charge.

Our Factory Designers Are Expert At Manufacturing Our Products And Are Not Salesman.

We "Only" Provide Accurate Facts About Each Product We Build. We Also Instruct Our Designers To Provide You Factual Comparison Product Information When Possible With Out Bias Or Hype.

Due to the vast array of Name Brand American Manufacturers that have in recent years sold out the public for higher profits with out regard for quality. Begining with the use of cheap foreign labor manufacturing along with pressed boards , veneers, and other low quality fake materials duplicating- coping the worlds famous quality designs without good conscience or regard for your future use requirements Not To Mention The Loss Of Your Hard Earned Investment.

Fact : These Types Of Products Will Never Become Heirlooms Or An Appreciable Assets - They Are Simply Furture Yard Sale Or Dumpster Fodder

Our Factory Designers Are Instructed Educate To Allow A Informed Decision

It Is Our Experiance, Customers Informed And Educated Make SAF Their Choice

More Product Information

All Our Finishes Are Hand Rubbed Furniture Finishs or Patinas Our finish process includes five to ten coats of hand rubbed furniture quality clear oils or water based non-toxic lacquers. It is applied, cured, rubbed and re-applied depending upon whether your order is Limited Edition or old growth Original works. Every surface of this product is fine finished including the under sides and hidden areas. These furnishings are built to investment family heirloom quality and are finished to be virtually maintenance free and will stand the test of time. You may choose the natural color or from over 400 standard stain colors, or computer color match to any stain color from a sample you provide. Most of our finishes are water based and earth friendly. You may order any single color or texture finish at no extra charge. Fine Finish Information: Important details about our finish process: patinas, sealants and wood finishes.

About The Wood: Important details about our timber and craftsmanship.

Hand Carving Information: Important details about the kind of carving you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Art Factory.

Colorized Carving. You can order any carving colorized. In order to achieve a colorized carving, multiple stain colors are used. The stains are hand applied and blended with an artistic eye to achieve an enhanced natural appearance.

Our Heritage: Marabella brothers come to America.

All Steel Is Coal Fired, Hammered By Master Blacksmiths The Old Fashioned Way And Patina Finished. At Scottsdale Art Factory, we take pride in our traditional, superior quality workmanship and craft our products from only the finest steel. Our master blacksmiths have been classically trained, and utilize old world techniques such as coal firing, anvil hammering and hand forging to create the finest handcrafted hardware available anywhere. All of our steel work is hand patina finished by heat applying iron oxides to achieve a natural patina finish that will stand the test of time.

Nothing is Drop Forged. We create works The Old Fashioned Way using solid hand forged steel, (drop forging is a poor quality, casted copy of a hand forged work of art). Nothing is wrought iron; wrought iron is simply a softer and less sturdy form of metal that cannot compare to stronger hand forged low carbon steel.

Master Blacksmithing: The kind of hand forged metal work you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Art Factory.

Patina Finish As Shown: Various Colors Of Hand Applyed Iron Oxide Patinas. Our beautiful patina finishes are hand applied using a special patented process where oxides are bonded into the metal at over 1000 degrees. This permanent finish beautifies with age. S.A.F. does not paint or faux finish any of our iron creations. Paint fades, chips and cracks over time and patinas last forever. No Drop Forged Casted Copies. No Paint Or Powder Coated Finishes. limited edition or original works. Every surface of this furnishing is finely finished including the undersides and hidden areas.

Each item is finished to be virtually maintenance free and to age with grace. All steel parts are hand patina finished the old fashioned way by iron oxide hand applied with high temperature heat. We never powder coat or faux paint our steel, it has been proven paint and powder coating methods do not hold up over time. You may choose from many natural iron oxide colors. Our patina finishes are water based and earth friendly. You may order any single color or texture finish at no extra charge.

Fine Finish Information: Important details about our finish process: patinas, sealant and wood finishes.

Order Hand Forged Matching Furnishings Of Any Design.

Our Guarantee: We Guarantee Each Item "Forever" " No Questions Asked, backed by over nine decades of fine craftsmanship.

Pricing

Special Discounts

Our Price Guarantee: Why you may purchase hand made custom at production prices.

Scottsdale Art Factory carries on the American Arts And Crafts Movement of the 21st century, in the same way William Morris and John Ruskin (founders of the Arts and Crafts furniture movement in circa 1800 England) inspired Gustave Stickley (founder of the American Arts and Crafts movement) in America circa 1900. Frank Loyd Wright, Charles and Henry Greene (inspired architects of the ultimate cottages such as the Gamble House in Pasadena California) are credited with raising quality standard to its highest level in their day. All of these great master craftsman also inspired the Marabella Brothers in the early 20th Century (founders of SAF circa 1913).

Every creative enterprise is always built on a foundation that was laid down by its predecessors. Creative people are also dependent on the groundwork laid down by those who came before them. H. J. Nick, artist and direct descendant of the Marbella brothers, and Scottsdale Art Factory have built on these foundations and have raised the bar of quality even higher. Thus setting a new standard and offering the finest one of a kind handmade furnishings found anywhere in the world in the 21st century.

Our Heritage: Marabella brothers come to America.

See Our Blog More about the history of Scottsdale Art Factory and the American furniture movement of the 21st century.

Display Cabinet - Arts And Crafts - Customer Photo - CHT804

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:51:34 -0600

Arts And Craftsman Style - Lighted Cabinet - Adjustable Shelves - Thick Solid Full Length Timber - No Veneers - No Glue Ups - No Bolt On legs - Solid Hand Joined Construction - 10 Coat Hand Rubbed Finished To World Class Antique Collectors Standards - ( No Spray On Faux Paint Jobs) - Guaranteed Forever - Order Any Size Or Style

This Is Not A Foreign Made Mass Produced "Famous Brand Name" Fake Import Impostor.

We Custom Build Fine Art Furniture Residential And Commercial

Solid Exotic American Grown Timber - Built To Family Heirloom Quality - All Of Our Products Are Finished Inside And Out - All Backs Are Finished Same As The Fronts

Our Factory Designers Are Expert At Manufacturing Our Products And Are Not Salesman.

Our Factory Designers Are Instructed To Educate Allowing A Informed Decision

"When Only The Best Will Do"

We Offer All Species Of Solid Woods

Choose From Our Designs Or Use Your Design - We Build To Our Hand Made Standards

As Seen On National TV (30 sec)

"This Is The Real McCoy."

Don't Be Fooled By Our Upscale Appearance. Our prices are usually lower than lesser quality name brand mass production imports, "We Are The Factory," Hand Crafted In America Since 1913.

Purchase American Made - Invest In "Your" Future.

Investment Quality Equals An Appreciable Asset Furnishing, Destined For Antiquity.

Historical Origin And Design Inspiration

Most Designs Used Today Were Conceived Hundreds Of Years Ago By Some Of The Worlds Most Famous Architects And Designers Working For The Aristocracies And The Well To Do Of Their Period.

Every Successful Creative Enterprise Is Always Built On A Foundation That Was Laid Down By Its Predecessors.

Today Our Master Craftsman Build All Of Our Products Using The Identical Methods And Materials Of The Historical Period Of Each Furnishings Design Conception.

All 21st Century Designs Are Also Built By Our Master Craftsman Using These Classic Traditional Methods.

Whether We Build Products For Your Modern Dream Home Or Ancient Castle

We Are A "One Stop Shop".

Note: We do not import or out source allowing us total control of our supreme quality as well as your production requirements.

Product Details As Shown

Matching Tables And Chairs Available

Details As Shown: Dining Table And Chairs - Order Any Size - Solid Hard wood - Pedestal Or Trestle Base. This table boasts a Tenon joined and doweled 3" thick solid timber top and a permanently mounted pedestal base with solid joined and interlocking pedestals. The solid cedar "T" step trestle legs include mar proof leveling feet.

Details As Shown: Matching Arm Chairs. Solid timber - Exotic Natural Wood - Choose distress level This design allows an adult comfortable sitting and a dining space of 24" (unlike most production tables with only 18" sitting space). These matching chairs are hand hewn, joined and doweled to form a solid structure that will never become loose or unstable. These chairs feature solid thick timber seats and backs.

The posts are tenon joined ( Not stapled,screwed or just temporally glued) each chair leg has a mar proof button foot. The orthopedic slight pitch of the back allows for the most comfortable dining seating. These furnishings are truly custom and that means you may order your chairs to fit your particular comfort requirements at no extra cost.

Upholstery : Full Wrap Seats and Backs are available. Customer's choice of fabric or leather. You may choose from hundreds of fabric styles or leather colors in stock or supply your own to further customize your dining room set.

Details As Shown: Finish, Color: Choose from 450 stain colors - All Wood Species Are Available Our processes includes five to ten coats of hand rubbed furniture quality clear oils or water based non-toxic lacquers. It is applied, cured, rubbed and re-applied depending upon whether your order is limited edition or old growth original works. Every surface of this table and chairs is finely finished including the undersides and hidden areas. These furnishings are built to investment family heirloom quality and are finished to be virtually maintenance free and will stand the test of time. You may choose the natural color, from over 400 standard stain colors or computer color match to any color stain. Most of our finishes are water based and earth friendly. You may order any color or texture finish at no extra charge.

More Product Details As Shown

In This Section We Provide Detailed Product Information As Each Photo Is Shown. Each Item Is Shown As The Customer Required Its Specifications. However Each Item Can Be Changed To Any Size Or Redesigned With No Design Charge.

Our Factory Designers Are Expert At Manufacturing Our Products And Are Not Salesman.

We "Only" Provide Accurate Facts About Each Product We Build. We Also Instruct Our Designers To Provide You Factual Comparison Product Information When Possible With Out Bias Or Hype.

Due to the vast array of "Famous Brand Name "American Manufacturers that have in recent years sold out the public for higher profits with out regard for quality. Begining with the use of cheap foreign labor manufacturing along with pressed boards, veneers, and other low quality fake materials duplicating- coping the worlds famous quality designs without good conscience or regard for your future use requirements Not To Mention The Loss Of Your Hard Earned Investment.

Fact : These Types Of Products Will Never Become Heirlooms Or An Appreciable Assets - They Are Simply Furture Yard Sale Or Dumpster Fodder

Our Factory Designers Are Instructed Educate To Allow A Informed Decision

It Is Our Experiance, Customers Informed And Educated Make SAF Their Choice < div id="red16">

More Product Information

About The Wood: Important details about our timber and craftsmanship.

Hand Carving Information: Important details about the kind of carving you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Art Factory.

Our Heritage: Marabella brothers come to America.

Master Blacksmithing: The kind of hand forged metal work you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Art Factory.

Fine Finish Information: Important details about our finish process: patinas, sealant and wood finishes.

Order Hand Forged Matching Furnishings Of Any Design.

Our Guarantee: We Guarantee Each Item "Forever" " No Questions Asked, backed by over nine decades of fine craftsmanship.

Pricing

Special Discounts

Our Price Guarantee: Why you may purchase hand made custom at production prices.

Our Heritage: Marabella brothers come to America.

See Our Blog More about the history of Scottsdale Art Factory and the American furniture movement of the 21st century.

Wood And Iron Shelf - Wrought Iron And Exotic Cedar - CIS980

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:45:50 -0500

Custom Shelving, Order Any Size Or Style

We Build Fine Furniture And Structural Elements Residential And Commercial All Styles And Sizes

Choose From Our Designs Or Use Your Design

We Will Build To Our Hand Made Standards

"We Still Build Them Like They Used To"

As Seen On National TV (30 sec)

Custom Furniture - Cabinets - Entry Doors - Gates - Lighting - Hardware Designed in America And Hand Crafted In America. All Of Our Products Are Hand Built In Our Scottsdale Az. USA Factory.

By the hands of our American classically trained master craftsman under the supervision of world renowned designing artist H. J. Nick. Using solid natural American air dried exotic furniture quality timber in all species, genuine stone, marble, granite, genuine copper, fine leathers, fabrics and American hand forged steel. Using only the finest natural materials. We "Never" Use castings, resins, glued together wood peices, engineered cores or faux materials such as paste boards, veneers, masonite, MDO plywood, melamine and oriented strand board panels with expensive wood sounding names such as walnut or hickory veneer etc.

"This Is The Real McCoy."

Master Crafted In America Since 1913. Our prices are usually lower than lesser quality name brand mass production imports, this is because "We Are The Factory," so don't be fooled by our upscale appearance.

Purchase American Made - Invest In "Your" Future.

Investment Quality Equals An Appreciable Asset Furnishing, Destined For Antiquity.

Historical Origin And Design Inspiration

Most Designs Used Today Were Conceived Hundreds Of Years Ago By Some Of The Worlds Most Famous Architects And Designers Working For The Aristocracies And The Well To Do Of Their Period.

Every Successful Creative Enterprise Is Always Built On A Foundation That Was Laid Down By Its Predecessors.

Today Our Master Craftsman Build All Of Our Products Using The Identical Methods And Materials Of The Historical Period Of Each Furnishings Design Conception.

All 21st Century Designs Are Also Built By Our Master Craftsman Using These Classic Traditional Methods.

Whether We Build Products For Your Modern Dream Home Or Ancient Castle

Order As Original Works Or Limited Edition

We Are A "One Stop Shop".

Note: We do not import or out source allowing us total control of our supreme quality as well as your production requirements.

Product Details As Shown

Our Factory Designers Are Expert At Manufacturing Our Products And Are Not Salesman.

We "Only" Provide Accurate Facts About Each Product We Build. We Also Instruct Our Designers To Provide You Factual Comparison Product Information When Possible With Out Bias Or Hype.

Fact : These Types Of Products Will Never Become Heirlooms Or An Appreciable Assets - They Are Simply Furture Yard Sale Or Dumpster Fodder

Our Factory Designers Are Instructed Educate To Allow A Informed Decision

It Is Our Experiance, Customers Informed And Educated Make SAF Their Choice

More Product Information

All Our Finishes Are Hand Rubbed Furniture Finishs or Patinas Our finish process includes five to ten coats of hand rubbed furniture quality clear oils or water based non-toxic lacquers. It is applied, cured, rubbed and re-applied depending upon whether your order is Limited Edition or old growth Original works. Every surface of this product is fine finished including the under sides and hidden areas. These doors are built to investment family heirloom quality and are finished to be virtually maintenance free and will stand the test of time. You may choose the natural color or from over 400 standard stain colors, or computer color match to any stain color from a sample you provide. Most of our finishes are water based and earth friendly. You may order any single color or texture finish at no extra charge. Fine Finish Information: Important details about our finish process: patinas, sealants and wood finishes.

About The Wood: Important details about our timber and craftsmanship.

Hand Carving Information: Important details about the kind of carving you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Art Factory.

Colorized Carving. You can order any carving colorized. In order to achieve a colorized carving, multiple stain colors are used. The stains are hand applied and blended with an artistic eye to achieve an enhanced natural appearance.

Our Heritage: Marabella brothers come to America.

All Steel Is Coal Fired, Hammered By Master Blacksmiths The Old Fashioned Way And Patina Finished. At Scottsdale Art Factory, we take pride in our traditional, superior quality workmanship and craft our products from only the finest steel. Our master blacksmiths have been classically trained, and utilize old world techniques such as coal firing, anvil hammering and hand forging to create the finest handcrafted hardware available anywhere. All of our steel work is hand patina finished by heat applying iron oxides to achieve a natural patina finish that will stand the test of time.

Nothing is Drop Forged. We create works The Old Fashioned Way using solid hand forged steel, (drop forging is a poor quality, casted copy of a hand forged work of art). Nothing is wrought iron; wrought iron is simply a softer and less sturdy form of metal that cannot compare to stronger hand forged low carbon steel.

Master Blacksmithing: The kind of hand forged metal work you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Art Factory.

Patina Finish As Shown: Various Colors Of Hand Applied Iron Oxide Patinas. Our beautiful patina finishes are hand applied using a special patented process where oxides are bonded into the metal at over 1000 degrees. This permanent finish beautifies with age. S.A.F. does not paint or faux finish any of our iron creations. Paint fades, chips and cracks over time and patinas last forever. No Drop Forged Casted Copies. No Paint Or Powder Coated Finishes. limited edition or original works. Every surface of this furnishing is finely finished including the undersides and hidden areas.

Each item is finished to be virtually maintenance free and to age with grace. All steel parts are hand patina finished the old fashioned way by iron oxide hand applied with high temperature heat. We never powder coat or faux paint our steel, it has been proven paint and powder coating methods do not hold up over time. You may choose from many natural iron oxide colors. Our patina finishes are water based and earth friendly. You may order any single color or texture finish at no extra charge.
Fine Finish Information: Important details about our finish process: patinas, sealant and wood finishes.

Order Hand Forged Matching Furnishings Of Any Design.

Important Material And Design Facts: Important details that you should know before you purchase your Furnishings, Doors and Windows.

More Door Details / Installation Information: Important details about what you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Door Factory and installation instructions.

Our Guarantee: We Guarantee Each Item "Forever" " No Questions Asked, backed by over nine decades of fine craftsmanship.

Pricing

Special Discounts

Our Price Guarantee: Why you may purchase hand made custom at production prices.

Scottsdale Art Factory carries on the American Arts And Crafts Movement of the 21st century, in the same way William Morris and John Ruskin (founders of the Arts and Crafts furniture movement in circa 1800 England) inspired Gustave Stickley (founder of the American Arts and Crafts movement) in America circa 1900. Frank Loyd Wright, Charles and Henry Greene (inspired architects of the ultimate cottages such as the Gamble House in Pasadena California) are credited with raising quality standard to its highest level in their day. All of these great master craftsman also inspired the Marabella Brothers in the early 20th Century (founders of SAF circa 1913).

Every creative enterprise is always built on a foundation that was laid down by its predecessors. Creative people are also dependent on the groundwork laid down by those who came before them. H. J. Nick, artist and direct descendant of the Marbella brothers, and Scottsdale Art Factory have built on these foundations and have raised the bar of quality even higher. Thus setting a new standard and offering the finest one of a kind handmade furnishings found anywhere in the world in the 21st century.

Our Heritage: Marabella brothers come to America.

See Our Blog More about the history of Scottsdale Art Factory and the American furniture movement of the 21st century.

Custom Display Cabinet- Butterfly Cabinet Cir 1890- BFC567

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:45:26 -0500

We Still Build Them Like They Used To

Designs From The Historical Record

This Furnishing Is Over 189 Years Old

This Furnishing Recently Sold In A American Antique Store For $70, 000.00 USD

For Much Less - You May Order: This Furnishing Design In Any Size And Material - Made In The Same Hand By Our American Master Craftsman, As It Was Hand Crafted In Its Era. Or Add A Modern Design Twist Amd Modern Working Hardware To Fit Todays Living Styles .

"This Is The Real McCoy."

Master Crafted In America Since 1913. Our prices are usually lower than lesser quality name brand mass production imports, this is because "We Are The Factory," so don't be fooled by our upscale appearance.

Purchase American Made - Invest In "Your" Future.

Historical Origin And Design Inspiration

Most Designs Used Today Were Conceived Hundreds Of Years Ago By Some Of The Worlds Most Famous Architects And Designers Working For The Aristocracies And The Well To Do Of Their Period.
Many of these architects and designers are as well known as Leonardo da Vinci (renaissance architecture) or Michelangelo,s (baroque architecture) as well as more recently William Morris, John Ruskin (founders of the Arts and Crafts furniture movement in circa 1800 England) Gustave Stickley (founder of the American Arts and Crafts movement in America circa 1900.) Frank Loyd Wright, Charles and Henry Greene to name a few.

Every Successful Creative Enterprise Is Always Built On A Foundation That Was Laid Down By Its Predecessors.
All creative people are dependent upon the groundwork laid down by those who came before them. H. J. Nick, artist and direct descendant of the Marbella brothers, and Scottsdale Art Factory have built on these foundations and have raised the bar of quality even higher. Thus setting a new standard and offering the finest one of a kind handmade furnishings found anywhere in the world in the 21st century.

Today Our Master Craftsman Build All Of Our Products Using The Identical Methods And Materials Of The Historical Period Of Each Furnishings Design Conception.

All 21st Century Designs Are Also Built By Our Master Craftsman Using These Classic Traditional Methods.

Whether We Build Products For Your Modern Dream Home Or Ancient Castle
every element Is always built to future collectable antiquity investment quality standards and will stand the test of time. Destined to become a part of your families appreciating financial net worth as well as a proud to own legacy heirloom.

Order As Original Works Or Limited Edition

We Are A "One Stop Shop".
Many of our clients commission furniture For every room, doors, gates, built-in cabinets, lighting and hardware for their entire project. For Example: We are capable of starting with your entrance door design style or personalized carving coat of arms, family crest or business logo and bring this design in a tastefull elegant way in to you interior and exterior lighting fixtures, entrance doors, Interior doors, cabinets, structural elements, entrance gates or furnishings for every room. Making your home a unique piece of your families tradition and legacy.

Many of the worlds finest builders, architects, interior designers, as well business and home owners choose Scottsdale Art Factory. Due to our large flexiable American work force and our ability to manufacture coinciding with construction deadlines.
Note: We do not import or out source allowing us total control of our supreme quality as well as your production requirements.

Product Details As Shown

Hills Mahogany Butterfly Cabinet

This Mahogany Cabinet Was Made By J.J. Hill & Sons of London This was custom built to house an collection of butterflies. Holds Over 650 specimens and labeled in 40 drawers, with close-fitting glass tops to insulate from damaging dust and mites. Housed in acase with beautifully inlaid doors.

Circa 1890

38 1/4" wide x 20" deep x 63" high.

Naturalists have collected butterflies for over 300 years with the earliest surviving specimens dating from the late 17th century, the beginning of the Scientific Revolution. Butterfly collections were a result of an ever-growing interest in natural history and many were displayed in curio cabinets throughout the town houses and country mansions of Britain's wealthy society. King George III, Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain and poet Thomas Grey all participated in the pursuit of entomology.

We "Only" Provide Accurate Facts About Each Product We Build. We Also Instruct Our Designers To Provide You Factual Comparison Product Information When Possible With Out Bias Or Hype.
Due to the vast array of Name Brand American Manufacturers that have in recent years sold out the public for higher profits with out regard for quality. Begining with the use of cheap foreign labor manufacturing along with pressed boards , veneers, and other low quality fake materials duplicating- coping the worlds famous quality designs without good conscience or regard for your future use requirements Not To Mention The Loss Of Your Hard Earned Investment.
Fact : These Types Of Products Will Never Become Heirlooms Or An Appreciable Assets - They Are Simply Furture Yard Sale Or Dumpster Fodder

Our Factory Designers Are Instructed Educate To Allow A Informed Decision

It Is Our Experiance, Customers Informed And Educated Make SAF Their Choice

Addtional Information

Custom Furniture - Cabinets - Entry Doors - Gates - Lighting - Hardware Designed in America And Hand Crafted In America. All Of Our Products Are Hand Built In Our Scottsdale Az. USA Factory.
By the hands of our American classically trained master craftsman under the supervision of world renowned designing artist H. J. Nick. Using solid natural American air dried exotic furniture quality timber in all species, genuine stone, marble, granite, genuine copper, fine leathers, fabrics and American hand forged steel. Using only the finest natural materials. We "Never" Use castings, resins, glued together wood peices, engineered cores or faux materials such as paste boards, veneers, masonite, MDO plywood, melamine and oriented strand board panels with expensive wood sounding names such as walnut or hickory veneer etc.

Investment Quality Equals An Appreciable Asset Furnishing, Destined For Antiquity.
We build only proud to own family heirloom furnishing, rich with family history and priceless heritage. This process begins with you and your family personalizing each piece with your own special design requests. H. J. Nick supervises the details and drafting process with his design team, and upon your approval, we then build your product. Once you receive your item, you can enjoy it secure in the knowledge it will increase in value and become a cherished family heirloom that is guaranteed to stand the test of time.

Bookshelves, Arts And Crafts 1908 America - SLT920

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Under the supervision of world renowned artist H. J. Nick using only the finest materials. We use "No" engineered cores or faux materials such as paste boards, veneers, masonite, MDO plywood, melamine and oriented strand board panels with expensive wood sounding names such as walnut or hickory veneer etc.

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Investment Quality Equals An Appreciable Asset Furnishing, Destined For Antiquity.
We build only proud to own family heirloom furnishing, rich with family history and priceless heritage. This process begins with you and your family personalizing each piece with your own special design requests. H. J. Nick supervises the details and drafting process with his design team, and upon your approval, we then build your product. Once you receive your item, you can enjoy it secure in the knowledge it will increase in value and become a cherished family heirloom that is guaranteed to stand the test of time.

Historical Origin And Design Inspiration

The Gamble House, also known as David B. Gamble House, (constructed 1908 - 1909) is a National Historic Landmark and museum in Pasadena, California, USA. It was designed by the architectural firm Greene and Greene, brothers Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene, as a home for David B. Gamble of the Procter & Gamble company.

Originally intended as a winter residence for David and Mary Gamble, the three-story Gamble House is a residential ark commonly described as America's Arts and Crafts masterpiece, whose style shows influence from traditional Japanese aesthetics and a certain California spaciousness born of available land and a permissive climate. Arts-and-Crafts architecture was focused on the use of natural materials, attention to detail, aesthetics, and craftsmanship.

Rooms in the Gamble House were built using multiple kinds of wood; the teak, maple, oak, Port Orford Cedar, and mahogany surfaces are placed in sequences to bring out contrasts of color, tone and grain. Inlay in the custom furniture designed by the architects matches inlay in the tile mantle surrounds, and the interlocking joinery on the main staircase was left exposed. One of the wooden panels in the entry hall is actually a concealed door leading to the kitchen, and another panel opens to a clothes closet. The Greenes used an experienced team of local contractors who had worked together for them in Pasadena on a several previous homes, including the Hall brothers and Marbella brothers who are responsible for the high quality of the woodworking in the house and its furniture.

The Gamble House in Pasadena, California, is an outstanding example of American Arts and Crafts style architecture. The house and furnishings were designed by Charles and Henry Greene in 1908 for David and Mary Gamble of the Procter and Gamble Company. The house, a National Historic Landmark, is owned by the City of Pasadena and operated by the University of Southern California.

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Details As Shown: Arts And Crafts - Grounded In Croft Castle Style 15th Cen England Book Case Solid Northern White Cedar - Exotic Natural Core Wood - This handmade book shelf is hand hewn, pegged, mortised and tenon joined to form a solid mass that will never become weak or wobbly. Each leg includes a mar proof leveling foot allowing this shelf to be leveled on any floor.

Details As Shown: Medium Walnut Lacquer Matte - Light Distress northern white core wood exotic cedar. If raised grain finish is desired. The wire brushed raised grain of the natural cedar is designed to appear rustic and aged, however, this is a highly finished, snag and splinter free surface. Our processes includes five to ten coats of hand rubbed furniture quality clear oils or water based non-toxic lacquers. It is applied, cured, rubbed and re-applied depending upon whether your order is limited edition or old growth original works. Every surface of this table and chairs is finely finished including the undersides and hidden areas. These furnishings are built to investment family heirloom quality and are finished to be virtually maintenance free and will stand the test of time. You may choose the natural color, from over 400 standard stain colors or computer color match to any color stain. Most of our finishes are water based and earth friendly. You may order any color or texture finish at no extra charge.

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"BY HAMMER AND HAND DO ALL THINGS STAND"

H. J. Nick And Scottsdale Art Factory LLC believe in fully educating our dealer representatives, potential customers and future master craftsman in the creative process. We also believe in full transparency and providing the correct information or sources that allows the facts about how each product is made to be evaluated with out bias or sales hype.

"In The Sharing Of Knowledge And Experience We Advance The Arts And Enrich Mankind's High Cultural Environment", H. J. Nick

We provide this information derived from hundreds of years of collective knowledge of the facts as the experts of the worlds major universities, master craftsman and our own extensive experience conclude about wood working and joinery in relation to the creation of investment quality furniture, doors, Etc.

Much of this information is derived by the study of wood working and master crafting processes from the historical records all around tfv he world0. We have developed relationships with some of the worlds leading architectural universities professors, students and best known experts in the study of lost arts and crafts of all types and cultures. These relationships have been nurtured in the hope of continuing our family tradition of promoting and teaching future master craftsman who will carry on the American Arts and Crafts Movement into the 21st century and beyond.

We Offer Our Facility To Advance Go Green Technology And Advancement Of The Arts To Contributors

We offer use of our facility and the sharing of the experience of our master craftsman in return for these contributions when available.Thus allowing for hands on experience training in the lost arts. We also allow use of our facility for project development in related fields under any accredited school program. Products produced in these programs are sold and proceeds are used to fund the advancement of these programs with no weight to profit.

We also offer the use of our facility for the advancement of environmental energy saving designs in connection with government funded Go Green development. These energy saving designs must be associated with our natural material, building projects such as doors/windows etc. without effecting the artistic value. This is a not for profit program provided by SAF LLC in hope of advancing new technology in conjunction with arts and crafts as it relates to our contribution to the world of fine art craftsmanship.

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We invite corrections and additions to all of this information from qualified professionals, scholars and students from all architectural universities and related studies around the world. We strive to acquire all correct knowledge available related to this subject matter.

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Through Fine Arts And Master Craftsmanship All Our Lives Are Elevated To A Higher Level

We believe through the arts all the lives we touch are elevated to a higher level. Through creating these beautiful hand crafted furnishings we can help you create your dream environment as well as make it possible to pass to your heirs cherished family heirlooms and a little immortality. We believe all of our customers are intellectually sophisticated and understand the real value of creating and appreciating these family heirlooms.

Many Of Histories Finest Designs Have Been Copied By Modern Production Manufacturers

Navigating Through The Fake And Faux Can Be A Daunting Task In Todays Market Place

We understand how difficult it is in todays market place to determine the genuine article from the fake or faux. For this reason we believe when presented with the true facts of how each product is made and the materials it is manufactured from, our customers have the ability to make informed decisions. Decisions that are best for them and their financial investment based upon these facts. When you purchase a quality hand built family heirloom future antiquity, you are investing not wasting your money on a fake future yard sale item.

How It's Made - The Materials Used Determine A Future Investment Or Yard Sale Item

We believe you will also conclude from this information as we have experienced over our many years, only by using the best natural materials and master handcrafting, can you achieve the creation of a family heirloom investment quality furnishing or door. The use of true solid timber, genuine stones, top grain leathers, fine fabrics, and solid wrought iron in the hands of master craftsmen will never be replaced with modern methods of mass production.

Natural Materials & Master Craftsmanship Cannot Be Replaced By Mass Production Methods

"We Still Hand Build To Investment Quality Like They Used To"

The Joinery, Material And Craftsmanship Determine Quality

Although Many Doors Appear To Be Quality, Don't Be Fooled By Pretty Door Photos,

These Are Not Solid Wood Doors

These Are Veneered Particle Board, Engineered Core Doors.

They are being passed off by many American as well as foreign manufacturers as solid wood doors.

Note: Warp-Resistant Engineered Core usually translates into; "How can we use paste board and veneered materials and make them sound better than the tried and tested solid wood doors?"

Just another way of trying to make a negative into a positive sales tool. There is no substitution for hand hewn, pegged and doweled solid full length timber construction, which is built to stand the test of time.

Many manufacturers have veneered the surface and cored the center all of the premium long lengths of lumber just to keep the cost of materials down and the profits up. Always keep in mind that if it is a veneer or "engineered" it usually means that they are using less quality materials while trying to make it appear and sound better. The expected result is usually reflected in the limited warrantee and is never positive.

This Laminated Method Of Exterior Door Building Will Never Stand The Test of Time

Laminated Always Means - "Until The Glue Gives Up"

We Never Veneer or Laminate - Only Full Length Solid Timber Air Dried Is Used

Lets Examine Imported Mahogany Doors And Furniture

The Doors Shown Below are Scarf Joined Solid Mahogany Doors, Meaning Made Of Small Lengths Of Scrap Mahogany

For Example: Many companies make this statement: Honduran or Brazilian Mahogany wood is used to manufacture our premier selection of "Solid Entry Doors Or Furniture".

Legally These Resellers Are Not Telling A "Lie"

Simply Omitting Some Important Negative Facts. These doors are made up of scarf joints and splice joints and glue in order to use scrap materials to make long lumber. The joints are then sanded filled and finished to hide the joints. Sometimes shorter sections of wood inside the door are used to make a frame, and then particle board and a thin mahogany veneered surface is added by a laminating machine.

The plain scarf is not preferred when strength is required, so it is often used in decorative situations, such as the application of trim or moulding. The use of modern high-strength adhesives can greatly increase the structural performance of a plain scarf. However when used in exterior products such as doors this method is never used by top quality door builders. The scarf is a method of using scrap pieces of wood to make long lumber. The end results are never positive.

Many Manufacturers Use Scarf Joints And Splice joints In Order To Use Exotic Scrap Materials

Scarf joints and splice joints are used when longer premium lumber is not available or scrap is being used.

The Doors Shown Below Are Created by Gluing Together Scrap Pieces Of Mahogany Using a Method Known As Scarf Joinery, Combined With CNC Machine Carving And A Hollow Tube Cold Bent Metal Faux Painted Grill.

Scarfed Joined, And Veneer Always Means Temporary Or Until The Glues Gives Out

The scarf joint in woodworking, there are two distinctly different categories of scarf, based on whether the joint has interlocking faces or not. A plain scarf is simply two flat planes meeting on an angle relative to the axis of the stock being joined, and depends entirely on adhesive and/or mechanical fastening (screws, bolts, etc.) for all strength. Structured scarf joint includes hooked, keyed, and nibbed scarfs and are some of the many example of interlocking scarfs, offering varying degrees of tensile and compressive strength, though most still depend on mechanical fastening to keep the joint closed.

Splice Joint

A splice joint is a method of joining two members end to end in woodworking. The splice joint is used when the material being joined is not available in the length required. It is an alternative to other joints such as the butt joint and the scarf joint. Splice joints are stronger than unreinforced butt joints and have the potential to be stronger than a scarf joint. They are more visible than a scarf joint but may be preferred when more strength is required.

Splices are therefore most often used when structural elements are required in longer lengths than the available material. The most common form of the splice joint is the half lap splice, which is common in building construction, where it is used to join shorter lengths of timber into longer beams. The splice joint should never be used in quality furniture or door building.

Many Unscrupulous Manufacturers Offer Furniture And Doors Made By This Method

The Result Is Never Positive

There Are Many More Government Reports On Foreign Imports

Customer Mahogany Door Complaints Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports

Illegal logging and associated trade and criminal activities supported by U.S. demand effecting planets environment Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports.

Source info: EIA US Office P.O. Box 53343 Washington, DC 20009 United States of America info@eia-global.org Tel +1 202 483 6621 Fax +1 202 986 8626 www.eia-global.org

Also using this illegal foreign wood it could also mean bug infestation certificates of origin as well as de-infestation and are required on all imported woods due to the likely hood of bug infestation such as bed bugs. Click this link below for wood imports- Florida Entomologist report.

University of Florida, IFAS, Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center 3205 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 Bug Infestation Information Facts: Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports- Florida Entomologist 89(1) Report

More Bug Infestation Information Facts: Important details that you should know before you purchase wood imports

All Scottsdale Door Factory Doors Are Solid Full Length American Grown Timber

(not scarf joined or paste board and veneer) and hand built in America by master craftsmen to stand the test of time.

Guaranteed "Forever" No questions asked, Backed by over nine decades of fine American craftsmanship.

Door Terminology

in simple terms that everyone can understand. These diagrams are aids so that you may educate yourself and your client on door terminology. Many furniture and cabinet terms are also similar

History Of Joinery And Terminology

Mortise And Tenon Joints, Simple And Strong

Mortise and tenon, simple and strong- The mortise and tenon joint has been used for thousands of years by woodworkers around the world to join pieces of wood, usually when the pieces are at an angle close to 90ÃƒÆ’éâ‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â°. Although there are many variations on the theme, the basic idea is that the end of one of the members is inserted into a hole cut in the other member. The end of the first member is called the tenon, and it is usually narrowed with respect to the rest of the piece. The hole in the second member is called the mortise. The joint may be glued, pinned, or wedged to lock it in place. This joint is also used with other materials and, for example, is a traditional method for Stonemasons and Blacksmiths.

A mortise is a cavity cut into a timber to receive a tenon. There are several kinds of mortises.

Open mortise - A mortise that has only three sides. (See Bridle joint).

Stub mortise or "suicide" joint - A shallow mortise, depth depends on the size of the timber; also a mortise that does not go through the work-piece (as opposed to a "through mortise"). the back is wider, or taller, than the front, or opening. The space for the wedge initially allows room for the tenon to be inserted, the presence of the wedge, after the tenon has been engaged, prevents its withdrawal. Sometimes called a "suicide" joint - since it is strictly a "one way trip".

Through wedged half-dovetail - A wedged half-dovetail mortise that passes entirely through the piece.

A tenon is a projection on the end of a timber for insertion into a mortise. Usually the tenon is taller than it is wide. There are several kinds of tenons.

Stub tenon - A short tenon; depth depends on the size of the timber; also a tenon that is shorter than the width of the mortised piece so the tenon does not show (as opposed to a "through tenon").

Tusk tenon - A kind of mortise and tenon joint that uses a wedge-shaped key to hold the joint together.

Through tenon - A tenon that passes entirely through the piece of wood it is inserted into, being clearly visible on the back side.

Teasel tenon - A term used for the tenon on top of a jowled or gunstock post, which is typically received by the mortise in the underside of a tie beam. A common element of the English tying joint.

Top tenon - The tenon that occurs on top of a post.

Feather tenon - A round-shouldered machined fillet or feather which is glued into a machine (router) made slot or mortise on each side of the joint.

Generally the size of the mortise and tenon is related to the thickness of the timbers. It is considered good practice to proportion the tenon as 1/3rd the thickness of the rail, or as close to this as is practical. The haunch, the cut away part of a sash corner joint that prevents the tenon coming loose, is one third the length of the tenon and one sixth of the width of the tenon in its depth. The remaining two-thirds of the rail, the tenon shoulders help to counteract lateral forces that might tweak the tenon from the mortise, contributing to its strength. These also serve to hide imperfections in the opening of the mortise.

Mortis And tenon is an ancient joint and has been found joining the wooden planks of the "Khufu ship", a 43.6 m long vessel sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex of the Fourth Dynasty around 2,500 BC. It has also been found in archeological sites in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The 30 sarsen stones of Stonehenge were dressed and fashioned with mortise and tenon joints before they were erected between 2600 and 2400 B.C.

Finger Joint - Box Joint - Comb Joint

The finger joint - (Also known as "box joint" or "comb joint") is made by cutting a set of complementary rectangular cuts in two pieces of wood, which are then glued. To visualize a finger joint simply interlock the fingers of your hands at a ninety degree angle; hence the name "finger joint." It is stronger than a butt or lap joint, and often forms part of the overall look of the piece.

The history of the finger joint is believed to have begun with wooden produce boxes or crates in the days before modern, man-made materials. Finger joints were originally cut by hand with saws and sharp chisels. In modern times they are easily and quickly made with a table saw or router and a jig or fixture, which can be shop-made or purchased from a specialty woodworking supply store. A finger joint jig typically consists of a moving fence with an indexing pin that is used to evenly space out the cuts. The fence is moved over a cutting blade making a cut that is then moved over the indexing pin so the next cut can be made.

The strength of a finger joint comes from the long-grain to long-grain contact between the fingers, which provides a solid gluing surface. The number of contact points also allows for more gluing surface as opposed to a butt joint or a rabbet joint.

The Dovetail Joint Pre Dates Written History As Shown On This Romanian Church

A dovetail joint or simply dovetail is a joint technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery. Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart (tensile strength), the dovetail joint is commonly used to join for example the sides of a drawer to the front. A series of pins cut to extend from the end of one board interlock with a series of tails cut into the end of another board. The pins and tails have a trapezoidal shape. Once glued, a wooden dovetail joint requires no mechanical fasteners.

The dovetail joint pre-dates written history. Some of the earliest known examples of the dovetail joint are in furniture entombed with mummies dating from First Dynasty of ancient Egypt, as well the tombs of Chinese emperors. The dovetail design is an important method of distinguishing various periods of furniture.

Dovetails can be cut by hand or by machines, often with an electric router and using one of a range of commercially available jigs or templates. Although it is technically a straight forward process, hand-cutting dovetails requires a high degree of accuracy to ensure a snug fit and so can be difficult to master. The pins and tails must fit together with no gap between them so that the joint interlocks tightly with no movement. Thus the cutting of dovetails by hand is regarded as a mark of skill on the part of the craftsperson.

It Takes A Master Craftsman To Hand Cut Perfect Joints

The angle of slope varies according to the wood used. Typically the slope is 1:6 for softwoods and a shallower 1:8 slope for hardwoods. Often a slope of 1:7 is used as a compromise - perhaps using a dovetail template for marking out.

When being cut by hand, there are two schools of thought as to whether the pins or the tails should be cut first. For pins first, the pins are laid out and cut by the chosen method, then the outline of the pins is transferred to the face of the tail board. For tails first, the tails are laid out and cut and then the outline is transferred to the end grain of the pin board. Each has advantages and it is a personal choice as to which is chosen.

Hand cut dovetails can often be distinguished from machine-cut dovetails by the width of the pins. It is possible to have pins that are almost triangular when cut by hand that are not possible when cut with a router, owing to the thickness of the router bit's shank. These narrow pins are known as London Pins.

A through dovetail joint (also known as plain dovetail) joint, where the end grain of both boards is visible when the joint is assembled. Through dovetails are common in carcass and box construction. Traditionally, the dovetails would have often be covered by a veneer. However, dovetails have become a signature of craftsmanship and are generally considered a feature, so they are rarely concealed in contemporary work.

A half-blind dovetail is used when the craftsman does not wish end grain to be visible from the front of the item. The tails are housed in sockets in the ends of the board that is to be the front of the item so that their ends cannot be seen. Half-blind dovetails are commonly used to fasten drawer fronts to drawer sides. This is an alternative to the practice of attaching false fronts to drawers constructed using through dovetails.

The sliding dovetail is a method of joining two boards at right angles, where the intersection occurs within the field of one of the boards, that is not at the end. This joint provides the interlocking strength of a dovetail. Sliding dovetails are assembled by sliding the tail into the socket. It is common to slightly taper the socket, making it slightly tighter towards the rear of the joint, so that the two components can be slid together easily but the joint becomes tighter as the finished position is reached.

The full-blind dovetail obscures the mechanics of the joint altogether. This variant is used in fine work when the craftsperson requires the strength of a dovetail but without the visual intrusion of the interlocking pins and tails. Two versions of this joint are the secret double-lapped dovetail and the full-blind mitered dovetail. The former presents a very thin section of end grain on one edge of the joint, whilst the latter does not. When used in drawer construction, a "full-blind dovetail" is known as a "French dovetail."

Some of these ancient joints and has been found joining the wooden planks of the "Khufu ship", a 43.6 m long vessel sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex of the Fourth Dynasty around 2,500 BC. It has also been found in archeological sites in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. In traditional Chinese architecture, wood components such as beams, brackets, roof frames and struts were made to interlock with perfect fit, without using fasteners or glues, enabling the wood to expand and contract according to humidity. Archaeological evidence from Chinese sites show that by the end of the Neolithic, mortise and tenon joinery was employed in Chinese construction. The 30 sarsen stones of Stonehenge were dressed and fashioned with mortise and tenon joints before they were erected between 2600 and 2400 B.C.

Butt Joint

A butt joint is a joinery technique in which two members are joined by simply butting them together. The butt joint is the simplest joint to make since it merely involves cutting the members to the appropriate length and butting them together. It is also the weakest because unless some form of reinforcement is used (see below) it relies upon glue alone to hold it together. Because the orientation of the members usually present only end grain to long grain gluing surface, the resulting joint is inherently weak.

Bridle Joint

A bridle joint is a woodworking joint, similar to a mortise and tenon, in that a tenon is cut on the end of one member and a mortise is cut into the other to accept it. The distinguishing feature is that the tenon and the mortise are cut to the full width of the tenon member.

The corner bridle joint (also known as a slot mortise and tenon) joins two members at their respective ends, forming a corner. This form of the joint is commonly used to house a rail in uprights, such as legs. It provides good strength in compression and is fairly resistant to racking, although a mechanical fastener or pin is often required. The bridle joint is very popular in workbench construction.

Butterfly Joint

A Butterfly joint is a type of joint used either to hold two or more wooden boards together or to keep two halves of a board that have already started to split from splitting further. They may also be used to stabilize the core of a knothole, preventing it from dropping out over time. A butterfly joint resembles two dovetails connected at the narrow part. A negative of the hole is cut out of the board the butterfly will be placed in and the butterfly is then fitted, keeping the joint together. The wood used for the butterfly is usually a contrasting wood, often walnut.

Coping Or Scribing Joint

Coping or scribing is the woodworking technique of shaping the end of a moulding or frame component to fit the contours of an abutting member. Most English speaking countries outside the US use the terms scribe and scribing. Coping is commonly used in the fitting of skirting and other moldings in a room. It allows for clean joints between intersecting members when walls are not square to each other. The other method of fitting these moldings that is commonly used is the mitre joint but this technique relies upon the walls being at 90ÃƒÆ’éâ‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â° to each other for neat results.

Coping is only ever used for internal corners. External corners are always mitered. The main reason that scribed joints are used is that timber shrinks in width far more than it does in length. By using a scribed joint rather than an internal mitre joint the effect of shrinkage is minimized. Also it is possible to arrange the scribed joints pointing away from the most common viewpoint (usually the doorway of a room) and so present the best appearance.

A scribed joint (right end of sketch) is derived from an internal mitre cut (left end) by cutting along the inside face of the mitre cut at a right angle to the board, typically with a coping saw.

Coping is also commonly used in cabinet making for moldings and frame components. The rails in frame and panel construction are commonly cope cut to fit the profile of the stiles. The technique is also common in the construction of doors and windows.

Rail And Stile

Frame and panel construction (also called "rail and stile") is a woodworking technique often used in the making of doors, wainscoting, and other decorative features for cabinets, furniture, and homes. The basic idea is to capture a 'floating' panel within a sturdy frame, as opposed to techniques like slab drawer fronts which are simply single pieces of material with exposed end-grains. Usually, the panel is not glued to the frame - it is left to 'float' within it so that seasonal movement of the wood comprising the panel does not distort the frame.

Frame and panel construction at its most basic consists of five members: The panel and the four members which make up the frame. The vertical members of the frame are called stiles while the horizontal members are known as rails. A basic frame and panel item consists of a top rail, a bottom rail, two stiles, and a panel. This is a common method of constructing cabinet doors and these are often referred to as a five piece door.

In larger panels it is common to divide the panel into one or more sections. To house the extra panels, dividing pieces known as mid rails and mid stiles or muntins are added to the frame.

Pocket-Hole Joinery, Pocket-Screw Joinery, or Kreg Joinery involves drilling a hole at an angle into one work-piece, and then joining it to a second work-piece with a self-tapping screw. The technique, in addition to doweling, has its roots in ancient Egypt. Egyptians clamped two work-pieces together and bored a hole at an angle from the outside work-piece into the second work-piece. They then inserted a dowel with glue, and cut it off flush with the outermost surface.

A rabbet (also known as rebate) is a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of machinable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a rabbet is two-sided and open to the edge or end of the surface into which it is cut. The spelling rabbet is probably a derivation of rebate, the latter being more common outside of North America. An example of the use of a rabbet is in a glazing bar where it makes provision for the insertion of the pane of glass and putty. It may also accommodate the edge of the back panel of a cabinet. It is also used in door and casement window jambs.

Tongue and groove joint A strong joint, the tongue and groove joint is widely used for re-entrant angles. The effect of wood shrinkage is concealed when the joint is beaded or otherwise moulded. In expensive cabinet work, glued dovetail and multiple tongue and groove are used. Tongue and groove or T&G is a method of fitting similar objects together, edge to edge, used mainly with wood: flooring, parquetry, panelling, and similar constructions. Tongue and groove joints allow two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface. Before plywood became common, tongue and groove boards were also used for sheathing buildings and to construct concrete formwork.

Solid parquet boards with tongues on the right sides of the boards and grooves on the left sides. Grooves are also visible on the near ends; the far ends are tongued.

Each piece has a slot (the groove) cut all along one edge, and a thin, deep ridge (the tongue) on the opposite edge. The tongue projects a little less than the groove is deep. Two or more pieces thus fit together closely. The joint is not normally glued, as shrinkage would then pull the tongue off. For many uses, tongue and groove boards have been rendered obsolete by the introduction of plywood and later composite wood boards, but the method is still used in good-quality flooring. Plywood may also be tongued all round to fit it flush into a framed structure, and plywood for sub-floors used in platform framing is often supplied with tongue and groove edges.When joining thicker materials, several tongue and groove joints may be used one above the other.

A dado (US and Canada), housing (UK) or trench (Europe) is a slot or trench cut into the surface of a piece of machinable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a dado has three sides. A dado is cut across, or perpendicular to, the grain and is thus differentiated from a groove which is cut with, or parallel to, the grain. A dado may be through, meaning that it passes all the way through the surface and its ends are open, or stopped, meaning that one or both of the ends finish before the dado meets the edge of the surface.

Dougong Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: dǒugǒng

Dougong (simplified Chinese: 斗拱; traditional Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: dǒugǒng) is a unique structural element of interlocking wooden brackets, one of the most important elements in traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian and Singaporian architecture. The use of dougong first appeared in buildings of the late centuries BC and evolved into a structural network that joined pillars and columns to the frame of the roof.

Diagram of bracket and cantilever arms from the building manual Yingzao Fashi (published in 1103) of the Song Dynasty.

Dougong was widely used in the ancient Chinese during the Spring and Autumn Period (770"476 BC) and developed into a complex set of interlocking parts by its peak in the Tang and Song periods. The pieces are fit together by joinery alone without glue or fasteners, due to the precision and quality of the carpentry. After the Song Dynasty, brackets and bracket sets became more ornamental than structural when used in palatial structures and important religious buildings, no longer the traditional dougong.

Dougong inside the East Hall timber hall of Foguang Temple, built in 857 during the Tang Dynasty

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In traditional Chinese architecture, wood components such as beams, brackets, roof frames and struts were made to interlock with perfect fit, without using fasteners or glues, enabling the wood to expand and contract according to humidity. Archaeological evidence from Chinese sites show that by the end of the Neolithic, mortise and tenon joinery was employed in Chinese construction.

These Joints Have Been Proven For Thousands Of Years

Understanding True Quality Makes All The Difference

When you purchase investment quality furnishings, doors, gates, cabinets, lighting and hardware they will appreciate and keep up with inflation or exceed most other investments. For this reason, becoming wealthy has very little to do with a higher education or having a lot of extra money. It is truly making wise decisions and a state of mind that allows for you to pay once for a good value and continue to grow wealth while enjoying living in your investment. Not to mention this type of investing has many other benefits, such as priceless family heirlooms that have meaning and the ability to pass on your legacy to future generations.

Why The Rich Get Richer

Over Ninety Five Percent Of Furnishings Offered In America Today,

" No Matter The Brand Name"

Are Foreign Made For Profit Only

The "Brand Name" Rip Off Of The American Consumer

Why Would Any One Pay 300% - 800% Mark Up For A Cheap Inferior Third World Made Furnishing? - When You Can Purchase Top American Made Quality For Less

It's A Simple Fact

When You Purchase A Third World Product You Are Working Against The American Economy.

You are thus working against yourself and your future employment or the employment of the customers your business depends upon. In addition, your choice works against employing American workers making quality American products as well as allowing these old brand name American profiteers to take advantage of the American consumer using these slight of hand tactics.

This Is Not Sour Grapes - And We Challenge Any Expert To Demonstrate Different

It is the facts of the furniture and door industry as a whole for past eight to ten years as we are living it. Simply turn on any news channel and see the results in action.

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In Nine Decades Scottsdale Art Factory Has Never Changed Its Policy of "Made In America By American Workers Using American Made Materials".

We Will Never Sell Our Corporate Soul," Family Name" For A Fast Buck, And We Make No Apologies For Being Proud Flag Waving American Manufacturers.

Conclusion: If your client is in the market for the best quality hand made in America solid wood doors or furniture or hand forged ornamental iron cabinet knobs, entrance door handles, entrance gates, iron fencing, iron furniture, hand forged lighting etc. commercial or residential

Scottsdale Art Factory Is The Right Choice.

Bookcase - Customer Provided Photo - CPP009

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:51:02 -0500

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We Build Fine Furniture And Structural Elements Residential And Commercial All Styles And Sizes

Choose From Our Designs Or Use Your Design

We Will Build To Our Hand Made Standards

"We Still Build Them Like They Used To"

Custom Furniture - Cabinets - Entry Doors - Gates - Lighting - Hardware Designed in America And Hand Crafted In America. All Of Our Products Are Hand Built In Our Scottsdale Az. USA Factory.

"This Is The Real McCoy."

Purchase American Made - Invest In "Your" Future.

Investment Quality Equals An Appreciable Asset Furnishing, Destined For Antiquity.

Historical Origin And Design Inspiration

Most Designs Used Today Were Conceived Hundreds Of Years Ago By Some Of The Worlds Most Famous Architects And Designers Working For The Aristocracies And The Well To Do Of Their Period.

Every Successful Creative Enterprise Is Always Built On A Foundation That Was Laid Down By Its Predecessors.

Today Our Master Craftsman Build All Of Our Products Using The Identical Methods And Materials Of The Historical Period Of Each Furnishings Design Conception.

All 21st Century Designs Are Also Built By Our Master Craftsman Using These Classic Traditional Methods.

Whether We Build Products For Your Modern Dream Home Or Ancient Castle

Order As Original Works Or Limited Edition

We Are A "One Stop Shop".

Note: We do not import or out source allowing us total control of our supreme quality as well as your production requirements.

Product Details As Shown

Our Factory Designers Are Expert At Manufacturing Our Products And Are Not Salesman.

We "Only" Provide Accurate Facts About Each Product We Build. We Also Instruct Our Designers To Provide You Factual Comparison Product Information When Possible With Out Bias Or Hype.

Fact : These Types Of Products Will Never Become Heirlooms Or An Appreciable Assets - They Are Simply Furture Yard Sale Or Dumpster Fodder

Our Factory Designers Are Instructed Educate To Allow A Informed Decision

It Is Our Experiance, Customers Informed And Educated Make SAF Their Choice

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Bookcase - American Arts And Crafts 1900 TRC871

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:36:14 -0600

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We Build Fine Furniture Residential And Commercial All Styles And Sizes

Choose From Our Designs Or Use Your Design

We Will Build To Our Hand Made Standards

Historical Origin And Design Inspiration

Order As Original Works Or Limited Edition

Product Details As Shown

As built in 1908 By The Founders Of The American Arts And Crafts Movement

Details As Shown: New American Arts And Crafts - Grounded In Croft Castle Style 15th Cen England Book Case Solid Northern White Cedar - Exotic Natural Core Wood - This handmade book shelf is hand hewn, pegged, mortised and tenon joined to form a solid mass that will never become weak or wobbly. Each leg includes a mar proof leveling foot allowing this shelf to be leveled on any floor.

Details As Shown: medium Walnut Lacquer Matte - Light Distress northern white core wood exotic cedar. If raised grain finish is desired. The wire brushed raised grain of the natural cedar is designed to appear rustic and aged, however, this is a highly finished, snag and splinter free surface. Our processes includes five to ten coats of hand rubbed furniture quality clear oils or water based non-toxic lacquers. It is applied, cured, rubbed and re-applied depending upon whether your order is limited edition or old growth original works. Every surface of this table and chairs is finely finished including the undersides and hidden areas. These furnishings are built to investment family heirloom quality and are finished to be virtually maintenance free and will stand the test of time. You may choose the natural color, from over 400 standard stain colors or computer color match to any color stain. Most of our finishes are water based and earth friendly. You may order any color or texture finish at no extra charge.

Built In The Same Hand

About The Wood: Important details about our timber and craftsmanship.

Hand Carving Information: Important details about the kind of carving you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Art Factory.

Our Heritage: Marabella brothers come to America.

Master Blacksmithing: The kind of hand forged metal work you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Art Factory.

Fine Finish Information: Important details about our finish process: patinas, sealant and wood finishes.

Order Hand Forged Matching Furnishings Of Any Design.

Our Guarantee: We Guarantee Each Item "Forever" " No Questions Asked, backed by over nine decades of fine craftsmanship.

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Our Heritage: Marabella brothers come to America.

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Ultimate Display Cabinets Fit For Fine Collectables SPDC450A

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:03:29 -0600

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All Scottsdale Art Factory Products Are Designed In America and Built In America Using Solid Natural Air Dried Timber, Genuine Stone, Marble, Granite, Fine Leathers, Fabric And Hand Forged Steel.

All furnishings are made by the hands of our master craftsmen under the supervision of world renowned artist H. J. Nick using only the finest materials. We use no paste boards, veneers, core boards or faux materials and have no unfinished backs or undersides.

Investment Quality Equals An Appreciable Asset Furnishing, Destined For Antiquity.

Order As Original Works Or Limited Edition

Details As Shown: Display Cabinet Designed For Fine Investment Quality Collectables - Exotic Cedar - Light Distress - 48"W X 20"D X 89"T. This full view cabinet features glass sides, two large crystal plate glass doors with hand forged iron pulls and hand hammered iron corner brackets. The four adjustable crystal plate glass display shelves are securely supported with a five point mounting system. This cabinet also features three level touch button lighting and all wiring is ULÃƒÆ’éâ‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â® approved. The finish is five coats of hand-rubbed clear lacquer over the natural wood, inside and out. Mar-proof leveling feet are included.

Finish Details As Shown: Color: Medium Walnut Semi Gloss Our final finish processes includes five to ten coats of hand rubbed furniture quality clear oils or water based non-toxic lacquers. It is applied, cured, rubbed and re-applied depending upon whether your order is limited edition or old growth original works. Every surface of this furnishing is finely finished including the undersides and hidden areas. These furnishings are built to investment family heirloom quality and are finished to be virtually maintenance free and will stand the test of time. You may choose the natural color, from over 400 standard stain colors or we will computer color match to any color stain you may desire. Most of our finishes are water based and earth friendly. You may order any single stain color or texture finish at no extra charge. If raised grain finish is desired, the wire brushed raised grain of the natural cedar is designed to appear rustic and aged, however this is a highly finished, snag and splinter free surface.

Fine Finish Information: Important details about our finish process: patinas, sealant and wood finishes.

As Shown: Master Hand Carving In Heavy Detail. All carving is done by the hands of our master carvers. You may choose from light detail silhouettes, medium detail, heavy detail or H. J. Nick original work to make your carving look as realistic as possible. You may furnish your own art work to be carved or we can offer choices and create your dream design derived from many sources.

Hand Carving Information: Important details about the kind of carving you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Art Factory.

Colorized Carving Example: You can order any carving colorized. In order to achieve a colorized carving, multiple stain colors are used. The stains are hand applied and blended with an artistic eye to achieve an enhanced natural appearance.

About The Wood: Important details about our timber and craftsmanship.

Our Heritage: Marbella brothers come to America.

We never offer a production, paste board and veneer machine made furnishing designed to fit the shipping box.

When We Say Steel - We Mean Solid And Hand Forged.

Coal Fired, Hammered By Master Blacksmiths The Old Fashioned Way." At Scottsdale Art Factory, we take pride in our traditional, superior quality workmanship and craft our products from only the finest steel. Our master blacksmiths have been classically trained, and utilize old world techniques such as coal firing, anvil hammering and hand forging to create the finest handcrafted lighting, hardware and furnishings available anywhere. No drop forged or casted copies.
Master Blacksmithing: Important details about the kind of hand forged metal work you can expect when you order from Scottsdale Art Factory.

Add A Matching Armoire, Night Table, Dresser, Highboy Chest Etc.

Our Guarantee: We Guarantee Each Item "Forever" " No Questions Asked And Backed By Over Nine Decades Of Fine Craftsmanship.

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Solid Wood Bookshelves CTBS254

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:05:13 -0600

Scottsdale Art Factory offers quality office furniture with unique designs. With hand-forged cabinet iron handles and hand etched glass you can create solid wood office furniture to suit every need.

As Shown: Lawyer"ÃƒÂ¢éâ‚¬Å¾Ã‚Â¢s Bookcase, Item #1221, Color: Mahogany Lacquer Matte - Very Light Distress - 52"W X 74"T X 17"D. This piece features a granada style top and solid, hand hewn contruction. An upper door that has been hand etched with a Frank Lloyd Wright style design that complements this bookcase"ÃƒÂ¢éâ‚¬Å¾Ã‚Â¢s contemporary flair. The four horizontal opening, slide-in pocket doors are mounted on easy glide tracks for convenient display and access to books and files. The doors have wooden pulls that have been stained to match the rest of the piece. All surfaces are finished with five coats of hand rubbed lacquer. This piece includes mar proof leveling feet. You may choose any pattern or design for the etching.

Custom Display Bookshelves SWBS181A

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:49:00 -0600

Scottsdale Art Factory offers custom furniture in any style. It can be used for any room. From home office to executive power office.

As Shown: Display/Book Shelves, Item #1090, Color: Natural Lacquer Matte - Raised Grain Texture - Exotic Cedar - Very Light Distress - 45 3/4"W X 15"D X 96"T. These units feature a granada style top with four equally spaced, 2" thick fixed shelves and slatted cedar backs. The bottom features two doors with hand forged, Spanish style iron door pulls and strap hinges. All surfaces are finished inside and out. The backs and sides are solid wood and are finished to match the fronts. This feature allows you to place the unit anywhere in a room - or even use it as a divider. These pieces include mar proof leveling feet, and may be ordered in any size to fit your needs.

As Shown: Matching Side Cabinets/Shelves, Item #1090, Color: Natural Lacquer Matte - Raised Grain Texture - Exotic Cedar - Very Light Distress - 25"W X 15" to 20 1/2"D X 96"T. These end units are designed with a bezier curved front and are 15" deep on the interior side and 20 1/2" deep on the outside. They feature four equally spaced wood shelves and one door on the bottom with hand forged, Spanish style iron door pull and strap hinges. Mar proof leveling feet are included.

Custom Bookshelves CTBC236 SWS174 MLBS519

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:19:25 -0600

As Shown: Display Shelves, Item #1090, Color: Natural Semi Gloss - Medium Distress - 18"D X 84"W X 72"T This unit features five equally spaced shelves that are inset with 3/8" glass to permit light to travel to all the levels of the unit. The unit has a slatted back and is wood framed. The posts are 2 3/4" sq. and have mar proof leveling feet. The finish is five coats of hand rubbed lacquer over the natural wood. All surfaces are finished, top and bottom, front and back.

As Shown: Corner Shelves, Item #1090, Color: White Wash Semi Gloss - Light Distress - 24"W X 12"D X 18"Diag. X 84"T (left) 60"T (right) Features granada tops, mar proof leveling feet, and finished on all sides. These may be ordered any height.

As Shown: Display/Book Shelves, Item #1090, Color: Natural Semi Gloss - Medium Distress - Center 20"D X 48"W X 72"T, Sides 20"D X 30"W X 72"T. This is a three section piece that may be used together or as separate units. Each section has four equally spaced shelves and a slatted wood back. The posts are 2 1/4" sq. and include mar proof leveling feet. The finish is five coats of hand rubbed lacquer over the natural wood.

Custom Bookshelves CBS611A SWSD160B

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:26:56 -0600

As Shown:Quality office furniture and unique designs are what we do at Scottsdale Art factory. With solid wood office furniture you can work with our designers to create the perfect working enviornment.

As Shown: Display/Book Shelves, Item #1090, Color: Natural Semi Gloss - Exotic Cedar - Medium Distress - 36"W X 10"D X 64"T X 72" To Top Wheel. This shelving unit is solid cedar and is hand hewn to shape, then pegged and doweled. The upper section has a large, old style half wagon wheel that has been hand made and includes 1/8" hand hammered iron decorative tread. The interior features three 1 3/4" thick fixed solid cedar shelves. The finish is five coats of hand rubbed clear lacquer over the natural wood. Includes mar proof leveling feet.

As Shown: Display/Book Shelves, Item #1090, Color: Natural Semi Gloss - Exotic Cedar - Light To Medium Distress - 36"W X 14"D X 84"T. This solid cedar shelving unit is hand hewn to shape, then pegged and doweled. The upper section features a granada top design. The interior features four 1 3/4" thick fixed solid cedar shelves. The finish is five coats of hand rubbed clear lacquer over the natural wood. Mar proof leveling feet are included.

Custom Bookshelves CBFC649 SWFC147A

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:11:29 -0600

Scottsdale Art Factory offers quality office furniture with unique designs. With natural hand etched glass and custom carved designs you can create solid wood office furniture to suit every need.

As Shown: 2 Drawer Legal File Cabinet, Item #1216 Color: Natural Semi Gloss - Light Distress - 24"W X 23"D X 31"T. This file cabinet features two full extension drawers on easy glide tracks. The front of the drawers are decorated with a hand carved rope design. Mar proof leveling feet are included. The finish is five coats of hand rubbed clear lacquer.

As Shown:3 Drawer Legal Lateral File Cabinet, Item #1216 Color: Natural Semi Gloss - Light To Medium Distress - 36"W X 26"D X 58"T. This file cabinet features three full extension drawers on easy glide tracks. Mar proof leveling feet are included. The finish is five coats of hand rubbed clear lacquer. Both cabinets can accomodate either legal or letter size hanging files.

As Shown:Lawyer"ÃƒÂ¢éâ‚¬Å¾Ã‚Â¢s Bookcase, Item #1221, Color: Oak Matte - Solid Oak - No Distress - 35"W X 52"T X 16"D. This piece is solid oak and features three horizontal slide-in pocket doors on easy-glide ball bearing tracks with tarnished brass knobs. The top picture frame style glass door has been etched by hand with a scene depicting a family of deer standing among the winter trees. You may choose any artwork or design you wish to be etched on the glass. All surfaces are finished with five coats of hand rubbed lacquer. This piece includes mar proof leveling feet.

Custom Bookshelves BCC1111

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:32:13 -0600

As Shown: Lawyers Book Shelves, Item #1090, Color: Medium Walnut Semi Gloss - Exotic Cedar - Very Light Distress - 40"W X 16"D X 88"T. This piece has been hand hewn from solid cedar, then pegged and doweled to form a solid mass. The top shelf is illuminated by three level, touch button lighting and the five solid cedar shelves are enclosed by cedar framed, 1/4" crystal plate glass doors. Each pocket door opens from the bottom and then slides back into the unit on easy glide tracks, allowing for easy access and display of books or valuables. Shown here with custom artwork of trees and moose, the glass may be etched with the theme and design of your choice. These shelves are finished in five coats of hand rubbed lacquer over the stain color, and include mar proof leveling feet.

Custom Bookshelves CBS796

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:30:47 -0500

As Shown: Side Display Cabinet, Item #1086, Color: RG103 Semi Gloss - Light Distress - 30"W X 24"D X 82"T. Features wood shelving, two cabinets for storage with hand hammered iron panels. The finish is five coats of hand rubbed lacquer, inside and out. Mar proof leveling feet are included.

Mission Style Shelves SWET124

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:31:50 -0500

This photo depicts true American arts and craftsman style. As seen in the world famous Gamble House. Gustav Stickley, Charles Voysey, Green and Green, and Frank Lloyd Wright (among others) created the Arts and Crafts Movement around the turn of the last century. This very same movement influenced the Marabella Brothers and H.J.Nick Sr. Scottsdale Art Factory carries on this fine arts and craftsmanship of true American style. SAF can recreate as you see it here or add a modern twist to this style with exotic woods while maintaining the same quality craftsmanship and integrity of true investment furnishing that will never go out of style and will stand the test of time.

Custom Bookshelves CTBS263

store@artfactory.com (Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:11:59 -0600

Scottsdale Art Factory offers quality office furniture with unique designs. With natural hand etched glass and custom carved designs you can create solid wood office furniture to suit every need.

As Shown: 2 Drawer Legal File Cabinet, Item #1216 Color: Natural Semi Gloss - Light Distress - 24"W X 23"D X 31"T. This file cabinet features two full extension drawers on easy glide tracks. The front of the drawers are decorated with a hand carved rope design. Mar proof leveling feet are included. The finish is five coats of hand rubbed clear lacquer.

As Shown:3 Drawer Legal Lateral File Cabinet, Item #1216 Color: Natural Semi Gloss - Light To Medium Distress - 36"W X 26"D X 58"T. This file cabinet features three full extension drawers on easy glide tracks. Mar proof leveling feet are included. The finish is five coats of hand rubbed clear lacquer. Both cabinets can accomodate either legal or letter size hanging files.

As Shown:Lawyer"ÃƒÂ¢éâ‚¬Å¾Ã‚Â¢s Bookcase, Item #1221, Color: Oak Matte - Solid Oak - No Distress - 35"W X 52"T X 16"D. This piece is solid oak and features three horizontal slide-in pocket doors on easy-glide ball bearing tracks with tarnished brass knobs. The top picture frame style glass door has been etched by hand with a scene depicting a family of deer standing among the winter trees. You may choose any artwork or design you wish to be etched on the glass. All surfaces are finished with five coats of hand rubbed lacquer. This piece includes mar proof leveling feet.