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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;alex webb, post: 624485, member: 10737&quot;]here is one if you have access to <a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-museum-piece-1890s-fretwork-1886272603" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-museum-piece-1890s-fretwork-1886272603" rel="nofollow">worthpoint</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;</p><p>1890s FRETWORK LARGE CLOCK &quot;THE CHIMES OF NORMANDY&quot; </p><p>Description</p><p><br /></p><p>Up for sale to the discerning collector is this absolutely stunning work of fretwork &quot;The Chimes Of Normandy&quot;. It has been in our family for generations and was made by my great-grandfather shortly after the turn of the century.</p><p><br /></p><p>The use of a scroll saw or jigsaw to create elaborate fretwork ornament for shelves, clocks, and picture frames was a popular pastime for both men and women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the Chimes of Normandy pattern appears to have been particularly popular among hobbyists. The original building plan for this wonderful piece were drawn and published by one J.R. Bowman in 1885.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It took my great-grandfather over 1000 hours and 3000+ cuts to create this magnificent masterwork of fretwork. I believe that the wood used is maple or poplar; it is fine grained and without blemishes and was told that it was made shortly before around the turn of the century.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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