This piece is Peter’s version of a 1680s cupboard made in Newbury, Mass. Twenty years ago, he co-authored an article about 12 surviving cupboards from this group and finally got a chance to make a full copy. All the oak except the carcase tops is riven—and all the work was done with period-style hand tools. Built as two cases, it’s essentially a chest of drawers with a trapezoidal cupboard on top. The front upper pillars are tenoned into the upper cornice stiles and into mortises bored in the top of the lower case. Lift the upper case and the pillars come free.

RED OAK, WHITE PINE, MAPLE, CHERRY, 22D X 48-3/4W X 58H

– Peter Follansbee, Kingston, Mass.

From Fine Woodworking #297

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