For sale: Two boxes, one chair
Just as it says. Three items for sale, the chair at a bit of a discount. People pay either by check or paypal, I add the paypal charge. So the best price is by check. Either is fine with me - you can email me at PeterFollansbee7@gmail.com or leave a comment if you’d like any of these pieces. I’m making more chairs and boxes this fall, so if you’d like to order something, send a note. Thanks for looking…PF
First the boxes.
Carved box, alternating lunettes
This is one I’ve made several times. The carving design is included in my Lost Art Press book Joiner’s Work - there, for lack of any better term, I called it “alternating lunettes.” It’s based on a box I saw over 20 years ago in a private collection. It was made by the Savell family of joiners in Braintree, Massachusetts, c. 1640-1680. Mine is oak with a pine top and bottom. I used wooden hinges instead of iron.
The ends are carved, as on the original. Not as common in the period as in my shop…I tend to almost always carve the ends.
And a till inside.
H: 8” W: 22” D: 13 3/4”
$1,500 plus shipping in US.
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Carved & Painted box, June 2024
I’ve had this box around a while, I used it as a sample in the class I taught recently. I’m done with it now, so here goes. Red oak and white pine again.
These carvings are based on the work from Thomas Dennis’ shop in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The front of this box is a broad, freehand pattern that I’ve seen on several boxes. It relates as well to the panel designs on some of the chests. Again, mine are carved on the ends, Dennis’ were not. Nor did he use the wooden hinges I usually work with. So not a copy of one of his boxes per se, but the carvings definitely derive from his work. Here’s the end of this one - a design that can fill any space just about.
I almost always put a till inside. New England boxes often had them, English ones rarely did. Chests, yes - but boxes not so often.
H: 8 1/8” W: 22 7/8” D: 13 7/8”
$1,500 plus shipping in US.
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Ladderback chair
Red oak, hickory bark seat.
One of my standard Jennie Alexander-style ladderbacks. With a slight flaw, so a bit of a discount. The chair is perfectly sound, sits as it should, etc - but one of the front posts cracked at assembly. I still will guarantee this chair - I doubt there’ll be any problem. But I can’t very well charge full price for it - the crack is at the top of the post:
I didn’t want to scrap the whole chair because of a small split that is just cosmetic - so I figured I’d reduce the price by $200. Usually I sell these for $1,500 plus shipping in US - which is around $250 or so. This one then will be $1, 300 plus shipping in US.
nice stuff--