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REPLICA FURNITURE
 
TUDOR STYLE OAK CUPBOARD - MOULDINGS
All the mouldings on this cupboard are cut by hand using scratch stocks, just as the medieval craftsmen would have done. This is not just a romantic or idealistic gesture to our forefathers. Mouldings cut this way follow the vagaries of the wood and are not perfectly straight or uniform. The effect, although very subtle, injects soul into the piece and is immediately noticeable against modern machine cut mouldings. Cutting these mouldings is extremely hard work as the tool has to be manually worked along the grain, repeatedly, removing small shavings with each stroke.
 
     
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