Strapwork box for sale
I finished up this box the other day, oiled it & today photographed it.
If my record-keeping is correct, it’s my 8th box this year…hopefully there’s a few more to come. This is one of the “carved lid” strapwork boxes I’ve been doing now for a couple of years. Inspired by a photo I’ve seen of a strapwork-carved lid on a box in Devon England - but not a copy of that particular box. Nor does it duplicate any box I’ve made, I re-design each one of these. When I’m mapping out the pattern, I work on just 1/4 of it - because it’s designed from the middle left & right & up & down. Here’s 1/4 of the lid - that floral pattern on our bottom right corner is the middle of the lid.
All the oak is riven stock - the lid made from two boards glued up - as many oak lids were in the period. Wooden hinges - an integral pin on the backboard running into a mortise on the lid’s cleat. Bottom is a single board of white pine. Nailed in place with handmade iron nails.
The inside features a lidded till - with a molding on the till lid.
dimensions are:
H: 8 3/4” W: 24” D: 14 1/2”
Price is $2,400 plus shipping in US. Shipping depends on distance from Massachusetts - ranges between $50-$200. If you would like this box, send me an email at PeterFollansbee7@gmail.com - If someone beats you to it, I can make another - just let me know. I shot way too many photos, here’s some of them…
Wow, that is amazing!
That is beautiful work.