Heart of the Wood
Specializing in reproductions of 17th century furniture and woodwork

Articles - Exhibits - Museums

Our work has been featured in the October 1989 issue of Colonial Homes magazine, and in the October 1990 issue of Early American Life magazine, both of which contain a number of color photographs of various of our pieces.  You can view the Early American Life article by clicking here.

We provided a reconstructed late 17th century parlor chamber (consisting of the timber-framed room and furnishings), which informed the central theme of the exhibit "A cubberd, four joyne stooles and other smalle things: The material culture of Plymouth Colony", mounted by Heritage Plantation museum of Sandwich MA in 1994.   (see image at left)

For Plimoth Plantation's current exhibit "Irreconcilable Differences", we provided furnishings (including a Plymouth County press cupboard) and other artifacts.  (see image at right)

- We encourage you to visit Plimoth Plantation's Web site.

Examples of our work can be seen first hand at the following institutions:

- Blue hyperlink text will connect you to that institution's web site.

In Massachusetts - Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth); Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Pilgrim Hall Museum (Plymouth); Peabody Essex Museum (Salem); Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site (Saugus); Bourne Historical Society at the Aptuxcet Trading Post.

In New York - The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Staten Island Historical Society at the Voorleyzers house; on the ship Halfmoon.

In Virginia - Agecroft Hall (Richmond); Jamestown Festival Park; The Museum of American Frontier Culture (Staunton).

Current\Recent public projects:

Joined by our colleague and fellow joiner Peter Follansbee, we have recently completed the reproduction of an Essex County Massachusetts press cupboard from the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, for the  Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, in Saugus Massachusetts (part of the National Parks Service).  This piece is now on permanent display in the Iron Master's House.

We have also just delivered a joined and painted cupboard, modeled after English examples, for the English farm house at the Museum of Frontier Culture in Staunton , Virginia.  We will be producing a number of additional pieces for this site in the coming year.  Other of our pieces commissioned to furnish this site are already on view.