Wainscot chair
Wainscot chair, red oak
approx dimensions H: 45” W: (across front) 25 3/4” D: 17 1/2”
Chest with 2 drawers
I made this chest while I was writing the book “Joiner’s Work” - it’s in there to discuss fitting drawers into a chest as well as the lock. It sold then, but the customer ended up putting it right into storage and I bought it back. It’s in pretty much the same condition it was when it left my shop. Linseed oil finish.
Dimensions are H: 39 1/2” W: 47 1/2” D: 21 3/4”
Price is $18,000 plus shipping
email me with questions, etc PeterFollansbee7@gmail.com
detail, carved panel
This is my fourth version of this iconic wainscot chair. It’s based on two nearly-identical period examples attributed to Thomas Dennis of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Those chairs are at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts and the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine. Mine follows the scale and most of the details of the period chairs. I changed the panel and slightly altered the strapwork carving on the top rail.
Over the years, I’ve made about 30 wainscot chairs - the large, carved chairs made by joiners in the 17th century. But unless someone orders a wainscot chair, I don’t think I’ll be making another one. And this one - what I think of as my last one - is the best I ever made. I made it in 2020, initially as preparation for a conference - that got cancelled due to the pandemic. So I stayed home that year and among my projects was this chair. It came into the house for a while, but got bumped out due to over-crowding in our small house. I’ve hung onto it for the intervening years, but now it’s time to let it go.
Price is $8,000 plus shipping. Someone nearby, I can deliver it/you can pick it up. Email me if you’re interested or have questions
This large oak chest is based on one made in Connecticut in the 2nd half of the 17th century. It’s primarily red oak and white pine, with applied moldings around the panels of Atlantic white cedar with black walnut accent blocks. The nails, hinges & iron lock and key were made by my friend Mark Atchison, a blacksmith I’ve worked with for over 30 years.
All the construction is just as the original; riven red oak, frame & panel, etc. Drawers are rabbeted and nailed. A lidded till inside.
