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| Chairs Chairs represent a unique challenge for the furniture maker as they add the issue of sitting comfort to the design considerations. Dimensions and proportion are vital when it comes to creating a visually pleasing design, but they become more important when the need to account for varying sizes and shapes which will sit on a piece of furniture comes into play. As a chair-order client, you will be asked to provide information about your dining table, or other surrounding furniture with which the chairs must be compatible. You will need to select upholstery for the slip seat cover Tom provides, which can be applied by our upholsterer, or after delivery, by an upholsterer of your choice. Also, you will of course need a general sense of a chair design you like - there are many options. The look of the legs, seat shape, back slat and crest rail can vary. However, being that chairs are very difficult to build there must be a viable combination when determining the form of these elements. Tom will work through these issues, as well as helping you select the type of finish you want. Pictured below is a selection of side and arm chairs Tom has made over the years. Nothing highlighted here is for sale, this is just to give you an idea of what can be done. (NOTE: Though they are not pictured here, we can make fully upholstered wing back chairs as well.) |
 Signature Side Chairs Materials: mahogany, Santa Domingan mahogany veneer  Chippendale chair Materials: mahogany  Queen Anne armchair Materials: mahogany  Thomas Jefferson chairs Materials: walnut  Set of Chippendale heart chairs Materials: walnut |
 Close up of chair seat Hand painted fabric by Textile Artist Jane Balshaw: Quilted Art  Hope Plantation Museum Materials: mahogany  Tryon Palace chair Materials: mahogany  Set of chippendale chairs (muslin slip seat cover, ready for upholstery) Materials: walnut Click here to view close ups of chair construction elements |