
Piecrust Table
Sapele; Solid brass hardware / 2009 26" × 25" × 25"Inspired by a classic design, this tilt-top table features hand-carved piecrust table edge and elongated ball and claw feet.

- About
Sharon C. Mehrman owns and operates a one-woman workshop in Florence, Massachusetts where she designs and builds heirloom quality furniture, architectural built-ins, and historic reproductions. Her work has been juried into nationally recognized museum exhibitions and craft shows. Sharon is the Grand Prize recipient of the 2015 Popular Woodworking Magazine Woodworking Excellence Awards for The Thread Chest, an art nouveau inspired furniture piece commissioned by a private collector. With a Master’s of Design and a Graduate Certificate in Public History, Sharon brings over 30 years’ practical experience as a designer and woodworker to her work as a researcher and historian of material culture, historic woodworking trades, tools, and technology. In August 2019, she was awarded a monthlong research fellowship at Winterthur in Delaware to continue her research on the transition from handwork to machine-based woodworking in the nineteenth century. She teaches woodworking and furniture making, including the Master Furniture Program, at Hill Institute in Florence, Massachusetts. Visit her website at sharonmakesfurniture.com.
- Region
- Florence, MA
- Website
- www.sharonmakesfurniture.com
- Media
- Wood
- Professional Status
- Maker & educator
Portfolio

Hepplewhite Card Table
Sapele with Zebrawood, Maple, Satinwood, Mottled Mahogany, and Ebonized inlays; Solid brass hardware / 2005 30" × 35" × 19"Inlaid card table. Tabletop is mounted on a pivot point, when spun 90° the top opens to its full size. The form is inspired by a classic design, the inlays are designed to be an amalgamation of classic and contemporary flourishes.

Sarah Strong Chest Replica detail
White Oak, Birch; Forged hinges / 2019 30" × 36 3/4" × 15 3/4"Detail of the Sarah Strong Chest Replica. The chest and the carved imagery were laid out and carved using traditional methods and tools like dividers instead of a ruler.

Thread Chest side view
Hard Maple, Quartersawn Maple, and Tiger Maple with Maple Burl, Redwood Burl, Satinwood with burnt-edge sand shading, Walnut Burl, and Mother of Pearl inlays / 2013 51" × 25" × 20"Side view of the award-winning Thread Chest. The drawers are side hung to give me a nice background for the inlay work. Each side features hand-carved onlays to appear as though vines are growing from the legs onto the case sides.

Carving
Hard Maple onlays and legs / 2013 51" × 25" × 20"Detail view of hand carving the transition from the onlays to the legs.

Ball & Claw foot
Sapele; Solid brass hardware / 2009Detail of the Piecrust Table.

Thread Chest inlay detail
Hard Maple, Quartersawn Maple, and Tiger Maple with Maple Burl, Redwood Burl, Satinwood with burnt-edge sand shading, Walnut Burl, and Mother of Pearl inlays / 2013 51" × 25" × 20"Close up view of the award-winning Thread Chest drawer fronts inlaid with the image of Clematis stems, a design that I created for the collector who is also an avid gardener. I used Mother of Pearl to create a shimmering effect in the dew drops.

Sarah Strong Chest Replica
White Oak, Birch; Forged hinges / 2019 30" × 36 3/4" × 15 3/4"This scaled-down replica of the Sarah Strong Chest, a Hadley-type chest originally made between 1680 and 1720, was commissioned by Historic Northampton in Northampton, Massachusetts to be used as a teaching tool.

Piecrust Table
Sapele; Solid brass hardware / 2009 26" × 25" × 25"Inspired by a classic design, this tilt-top table features hand-carved piecrust table edge and elongated ball and claw feet.

Thread Chest
Hard Maple, Quartersawn Maple, and Tiger Maple with Maple Burl, Redwood Burl, Satinwood with burnt-edge sand shading, Walnut Burl, and Mother of Pearl inlays / 2013 51" × 25" × 20"This Art Nouveau inspired piece, commissioned by a private collector to store sewing thread and sundries, won the Grand Prize in the 2015 Popular Woodworking Magazine Woodworking Excellence Awards.

Coyle's Coffee Table
Tiger Maple; Glass / 2009 18" × 40" × 18"The simple and elegant design of the stretcher makes it look woven. Finished with fine detail of hand-carved lamb’s tongues on my signature leg design. This piece was commissioned by a collector and is the foundation of my Safford Coyle Collection.