Boston Serpentine Front Bombe Secretary

by | Jul 24, 2014 | 3 comments

Boston Serpentine Front Bombe Secretary

Boston Serpentine Front Bombe Secretary

Tommy’s Mt Everest: The Bombe Secretary. On a trip to the RISD Museum in 2006, Tommy found his greatest of all inspiration in a Serpentine Front Bombe Secretary on display. What would soon be dubbed “the beast” took Tommy a solid year to complete. This video series is an absolute treasure, documenting the creation of Tommy’s biggest achievement to date, which has since been on display at the Massachusetts Historical Society, the RISD Museum and in Doric Hall of the Massachusetts State House.

 
 
One display at the Massachusetts Historical Society with creator Thomas J. MacDonald
ball and claw foot
Boston Serpentine Front Bombe Secretary hand cut drawers; hand cut dovetails
hand-carved finial - same bombe secretary
dental molding; below is fretwork Mahogony Boston bombe serpentine front secretary

3 Comments

  1. Martin monks
    Martin monks on April 24, 2015 at 3:04 pm

    Tommy
    A true masterpiece. Well done. Take the rest of the day off.

  2. Frank Fuss
    Frank Fuss on October 27, 2018 at 7:03 pm

    That was a very, very educational video series, both in construction techniques and the importance of removing completed work that wasn’t quite right. It must have been painful to do because it was painful to watch, but was a valuable lesson that I have exercised a couple of times myself after watching the series. Very impressive.

  3. Bobby Ryan
    Bobby Ryan on November 6, 2019 at 10:27 pm

    Very nice! Awesome job.