New book out from Lost Art Press

[If you read my substack blog, skip this one. Just notifying readers of the new book about the Essex County cupboard.] PF version of 1680s Essex County Massachusetts cupboard I was the luckiest woodworker around when I got the chance to make TWO versions of one of the most elaborate cupboards I know…and even more so when Lost Art Press (who else?) agreed to turn my notes and photos into a book. The link for ordering is here – https://lostartpress.com/products/17th-century-essex-county-cupboard I first saw the cupboard this is based on in 1998 – it’s in the collections at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston. At that point, I was embarking on a study with my friend Bob Trent of this cupboard and its relatives. That study took a couple of years to research, digest and write. PF photo of the Paine/Sawyer family cupboard at MHS Along the way I had a chance to collaborate with my joiner-friends Ted Curtin and Rob Tarule – they were building a copy of a related example to be…