Tuesday, May 10, 2011

WHAT: American Country Furniture


Americans are known for their resourcefulness – a trait that served early craftsmen well. Colonial American furniture makers developed the Country or Village style of furniture – and like a designing MacGyver, they created almost endless variations of the Windsor chair and executing the design in whatever wood was available locally.

The designs’ trademark is utilitarianism. Stools, chairs, benches, chests, cabinets and other furnishings were made in pine, maple, hickory, oak, apple or cherry wood. Beds with short posts, ladder-back chairs, wagon seats, rocking chairs, writing chairs and other designs have a uniquely American feel. American Country Furniture embodies the solution to the timeless design dilemma of creating from available resources to meet specific needs.

Image (“Easton Occasional Table”) courtesy Niermann Weeks. Info courtesy “The Encyclopedia of Furniture,” by Joseph Aronson.

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