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In addition to custom pieces in mahogany and walnut, Savery manufactured large numbers of maple rush-seated chairs. Some of his pieces are marked with an "S." A rare few retain their original paper labels: "All Sorts of Chairs and Joiners Work Made and Sold by WILLIAM SAVERY, At the Sign of the Chair, a little below the Market, in Second Street.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased a ladder-back chair, which was considered a peasant's chair, and was dated between the 17th and 18th centuries, in 1908. [2] It owns a pair of them made in Philadelphia between 1785–95 that resembles chairs made by Philadelphia furniture maker Daniel Trotter (1747–1800).
Trotter made six mahogany ladderback chairs for the banker and slave owner Stephen Girard in 1786; they are cited as an example of a "more modest" neoclassical style that was making inroads in Philadelphia. [2] Connected to this set of chairs is a Pembroke table, 1785–95. [3]
Walnut and burr walnut veneer side chair attributed to Giles Grendey, London, c. 1740 (Art Institute of Chicago) Ornamentation is minimal, in contrast to earlier 17th-century and William and Mary styles, which prominently featured inlay, figured veneers, paint, and carving. The cabriole leg is the "most recognizable element" of Queen Anne ...
Furniture repair is the craft of making broken or worn furniture usable again. It may include the preservation of old furniture, which is referred to as restoration . The craft of furniture repair requires a number of different skills including woodworking , metalworking , wood finishing , caning (furniture) , woodturning , and upholstery .
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