I threw this out years ago

And it made its way back to me somehow…time to give it away again

This frame & panel was intended as a door to a cupboard-upper case I made for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2009/2010. That work is on display in the galleries at the MFA, with a door similar to this one. I made this door before June 30th, 2009 because that’s when I wrote about making its replacement. There was nothing wrong with this one, it fit the space, had decoration that related to the cupboard it was intended for - I just wanted to re-do the carving with slightly different details.

https://pfollansbee.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/changing-horses-in-mid-stream-new-carving/

cupboard door c. 2009

The door is unfinished, it looks like it saw some weather at some point - here’s the back:

back

It’s 14 3/4” x 18 1/2” and about 1 1/8” thick, with some variation in that thickness.

My idea about this cupboard door is this - it’s too good to throw out again - clearly it didn’t work the first time I tossed it. But I’m not inclined to make anything to go around it. I was going to just hang it outside on the shop, but I already have a frame and panel mounted on the shop front. So I thought if there’s a paid subscriber who would like it, I’ll give it to them as a “thank-you” for supporting my work. Details beyond the paywall below -

I’ve been writing this subscription blog for a while now - it was a bit of a leap to go from writing my free blog on wordpress to charging people to read my posts. I appreciate all of the subscribers - free & paid - it means a lot to me that people are interested in the work I do. Most of my posts have a paywall - beyond which only the paid subscribers can read. (at least that’s how I understand it to work!) My intention with the paywall isn’t to convince the free subscribers to fork it over, but to make sure those who do pay to support my work get their money’s worth. So they get more content than free subscribers. At times, I try to post entries open to all so readers can get an idea of how much I can blather on about this stuff…

As for the cupboard I made the MFA - it’s shown in this photo from the their website, the display adjacent to the Brown-Pearl period room. You can just make out the cupboard top, it’s on the left, the bright piece suspended above its 1680s lower case.

the Brown-Pearl gallery at the MFA