Over the years, I have often written furniture history articles, mainly for American Furniture, but for other journals as well. Many of the American Furniture articles are online, see http://www.chipstone.org/framesetpublications.html
Here is a list of many of these titles:
Peter Follansbee and John Alexander, “Seventeenth-Century Joinery from Braintree, Massachusetts: the Savell Shop Tradition” in American Furniture, ed., Luke Beckerdite, (Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England for the Chipstone Foundation, 1996) pp. 81-104
Peter Follansbee, “A Seventeenth-Century Carpenter’s Conceit: The Waldo Family Joined Great Chair” in American Furniture, ed., Luke Beckerdite, (Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England for the Chipstone Foundation, 1998) pp. 197-214
Peter Follansbee, “Unpacking the Little Chest” in Old Time New England, vol 78, number 268 (Spring/Summer 2000): 5-23
Peter Follansbee, “Manuscripts, Marks, and Material Culture: Understanding the Joiner’s Trade in Seventeenth-Century America” in American Furniture, edited by Luke Beckerdite, (Hanover,N.H.: University Press of New England for the Chipstone Foundation, 2002), pp. 125-146.
Peter Follansbee, “Connecting a London-Trained Joiner to 1630s Plymouth Colony” in Antiques and Fine Art (Summer/Autumn, 2007) 200-205. online at http://www.antiquesandfineart.com/articles/article.cfm?request=835
Alexander, Jennie, Follansbee, Peter, Trent, Robert F., “Early Shaved Post and Rung Chairs” in American Furniture, ed. Luke Beckerdite, (Easthampton,Massachusetts, Antiques Collectors’ Club, 2008) pp. 26-60.
Follansbee, Peter, and Trent, Robert F., “Reasessing theLondonStyle Joinery and Turning of Seventeenth-CenturyBoston” in American Furniture, ed.,Luke Beckerdite(Lebanon,N.H.: University Press ofNew England, 2010) pp. 194-240.
some woodworking articles are:
Follansbee, Peter, “Seventeenth-Century Carving Techniques” in Antiques & Fine Art, online here: http://www.antiquesandfineart.com/articles/article.cfm?request=439 or PDF here: Follansbee_HandsOn
Follansbee, Peter, “Recreating a 17th-Century Carved Box” Woodwork (Spring 2009) pp. 40-47 PDF here: PF_box_articl
Follansbee, Peter, “Carve a 17th-Century Panel” Popular Woodworking (June 2009) pp. 51-55.
Hello Peter,
Noticed that the chipstone.org link above does not work. Did they change the location of your publications?
Thanks.
[…] for some time, at least 10 years but perhaps more, and had a great patina to it. In the article Peter Follansbee wrote entitled Recreating a 17th-Century Carved Box, he stated that many of the bible boxes he has studied had 1/2” material on the fronts and backs […]
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I have read Peter’s article titled “Connecting a London trained Joiner to 1630’s Plymouth Colony” before. Can’t say where. It is interesting to me because Kenelm Winslow was my 9th great grandfather and the first of my line to come to North America. My father’s first name was Kenneth and he was also a finish carpenter. Seeing the photos of Peter’s work gives me more of an idea of what Kenelm was doing in his life.