george wilson
12-28-2011, 11:28 PM
This was a base I turned from mahogany on an order from a diplomat who wanted to make a gift to the American embassy in Paris. It now sits in the Jefferson bedroom in the embassy.
It is about 12" maximum diameter. I do not know what the silver dedication ring says as it was engraved after I delivered the base.
I finished it to order with that dark mahogany colored lacquer that I refer to as "The corporate color" because it seems so many gifts were thus finished,and a lot of office furniture is that color.
The bust is about 2 feet tall,and is a copy of a bust that Jefferson had commissioned to be made of himself originally.
It is about 12" maximum diameter. I do not know what the silver dedication ring says as it was engraved after I delivered the base.
I finished it to order with that dark mahogany colored lacquer that I refer to as "The corporate color" because it seems so many gifts were thus finished,and a lot of office furniture is that color.
The bust is about 2 feet tall,and is a copy of a bust that Jefferson had commissioned to be made of himself originally.