This is The Hanover Breakfast Room Door It is made of beautiful ribbon grain Mahogany and has insulated German Red antique glass clear beveled and Diamante Starfire glass. This door is 32" x 80" x 1-3/4

Here is the finished door.		This is the fourth proposed version ........... and it turned out beautiful		another view
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Here is a view of the German Antique		there are three different types of glass		Here is the Diamate Starfire Glass
The Starefire is 3/4" thick and it is hand beveled by Inques Glass Studio		The other glass is also beveled glass....... and it it tempered and insulated		The German Antique is insulated under clear beveled glass
	Here is the provenance of the making of this beautiful door
Here is the rough lumber before machining		After it has been milled and ready to machine		here is the door starting to be laid out
here are all the pieces ready to be shaped		a close up of the detail..........each piece is hand fit........ and then shaped		here are all the pieces in the process of being glued
and we clamp every dimension		here the door will rest in clamps for at least 72hrs		here is the door out of clamps
here is a close up of the detail and the beautiful Mahogany		Each piece is hand sanded
Here we are mortising for hinges		The door is machine sanded to a furniture grade finish		The the final hand sanding
Here is the door ready for oil		raining today ......... so the first coat goes on inside.		each door gets 4 coats of varnish oil
and they cure for at least 3-4 days between coats of varnish oil		we sign every door that we make		here we are cutting strops for each opening
each stop is hand cut and hand fitted		here is the Diamate Starfire ......... it is 3/4" thick and each piece is hand beveled		a closer look ......... amazing
here the glass "bedded" in siliconized caulking		the stops fit ...... just fine		here is a close up of the insulated German Antique glass
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