Hand Chasing Hand chasing is almost a lost art. Done here at Ball and Ball by W. Whitman Ball using antique sets of chasing chisels. It is the Art of creating a complete design by repeated hammer strikes on chisels of various shapes and sizes. Chasing, unlike engraving, does not remove metal but marks it. Three dimensional chasing is called Repose.
Furniture is exquisite in shape, form, color and decorations.
He used inlays of rare woods and veneers. He used satinwood extensively and championed the straight line in furniture making. His first clock was a long-case with wooden works made by hand as were all of his early 1792 clocks. In 1797, he was granted a patent for an improvement on clocks. He specialized on 30 hour self clocks.