James Locke's tool chest, complete with almost all of his tools, survives from the early 1800s.
Its dozens of planes, gauges and chisels reveal the skills a cabinetmaker possessed.
In the hands of a skilled craftsman tools like these produced exquisitely detailed
and finely finished furniture.
 

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