Chest: Leopold 1

Design Inspiration: Keith Fritz Fine Furniture builds bench-made casegoods in Ferdinand, Indiana, where classic modernist lines meet woodworking disciplines that predate the machinery most furniture is made on today. It's a name that carries real provenance — pieces from this maker sit in the White House and in museum collections. The Leopold 1 Chest belongs to that lineage. Its architecture is deliberately quiet: a rectangular top, a square edge profile, and no ornament competing with the material. What you look at is the walnut itself. Craftsmanship: The top is medium figured walnut, a premium cut chosen for its undulating figure, the kind of grain that shifts as light moves across the room. The veneers are slip-matched, sliced sequentially and laid side by side in the same orientation rather than flipped, so the pattern repeats and flows across the surface with consistent color instead of mirrored symmetry. A two-inch short-grain border frames the perimeter, the grain running perpendicular to the field — a tailored outline that reads as intentional the moment you see it. Every surface is hand-rubbed. This is veneer work as a discipline, not a cost-saving measure. The Dixie & Grace Difference: Great design isn't about any single beautiful piece — it's knowing how color, finish, fabric, proportion, and scale work together, the way they have since antiquity. Sara Fattori, licensed by the Florida State Board of Architecture and Interior Design, brings that eye to every piece in our collection, choosing not just what's well-made, but what belongs together. As a bridge to the world of designer furnishings — not a mono-brand or mass producer — Dixie & Grace gives you access to the same caliber of options the trade has always kept to itself, with as much or as little guidance as you need to bring the Leopold 1 Chest into your space. Product Details: Dimensions: 44"W × 20"D × 37"H Primary Finish: Medium figured walnut Top Shape: Rectangle Border: 2" short grain Edge Profile: Square Grain Direction: Slip match Construction: Bench-made in Ferdinand, Indiana Complete the Collection: A chest at this height and width works as a dining room server, an entry piece under a large framed print, or a bedroom chest where the walnut carries the room. Contact us for custom dimensions, alternate wood species, and finish options — this maker builds to specification. View Tear Sheet NOTE: S&H charges to be billed separately prior to shipment.