Louis XVI-style desk
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Another piece from the 1stdibs.com web site: A writing desk in the Louis XVI style, made in France in about 1900. That's 109 years after Louis was guilloutined. But his style endures.
The top and the pull-out extensions have leather sections in their centers.
Modeling the tapered flutes in the legs was the biggest challenge; the rest was pretty easy.
Enjoy.
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Very nice!
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10Q, as they say.
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very nice ! -
10Q2, tuna.
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Intricate work, well done!
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Thank you, Mike.
As I said in my original post, the biggest challenge turned out to be the fluted portions of the legs. Modeling that detail entailed using Hidden Geometry to find a facet of the leg, copying it, and using it as the basis for a Follow Me extrusion for the flute. The problem was working off-axis, which wasn't easy for me. Once I had the flute extrusion, I moved it into the leg, copy/rotated it, and did an Intersect Faces command. Even though I scaled up the leg 1000x, I still wound up with some weird unwanted geometry. Next time, it'll be easier. I created the flutes in the corner blocks using the same procedure.
Best,
dh
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