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M&E Gummel Chairworks

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600 The Shore Road Post Office Box 767 Castine, Maine 04421 Tel. (207) 326-08122
Description: 
Our Windsor chairs are built one at a time, utilizing the same time tested methods as the eighteenth century, master American Windsor Chairmakers used.

Kansas City Windsor Tool Works

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(816) 523-2626
Description: 
We Make Fine Hand Tools for Woodworkers

Windsor Chair Resources

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Resources on traditionally handcrafted Windsors

Jeff Trapp Windsors

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2540 Upham Street Madison, Wisconsin 53704 (608) 241-7092
Description: 
Specializing in Windsor chairs and hand made traditional furniture. Jeff Trapp offers a 5-day sackback Windsor chairmaking class

David Sawyer

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556 King Pond Road East Calais, VT 05650 (802) 456-8836
Description: 
I find that every chair takes my best effort and attention to detail. Use of the right woods and joinery leads to a wonderfully light, strong, and resilient structure. Pine or basswood seats are carved deep for comfort. Legs and backs are split from green hardwood following the grain for strength, then shaved, steam bent, or turned to final form. The usual finish is milk paint with Danish oil or shellac. I also make natural chairs of butternut, cherry, and oak.

George Ainley

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666 Cady Hill Rd. Perkinsville, VT 05151 (802) 263-5217
Description: 
The Windsor furniture from my shop is made by the same construction techniques that produced today's antiques which are now prized for their distinct character, beauty and strength. It is an ancient form in which the legs and back are socketed into a solid seat. It got its name in England and was refined in the mid 18th century colonies from Philadelphia to Boston. I have chosen from the early Windsors the best elements of design in shape and proportion. I use the traditional species of wood and keep comfort as my guide.

M.W. Tulloch

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P.O. Box 298 313 Main Street Chelsea, VT 05038 (802) 685-2230
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Hand-crafting a variety of styles of Windsor chairs and furniture. Repairs and restoration of hand-made Windsor-period furniture. Providing parts to professional Windsor chairmakers and hobbyists.

Scott Creek Chairs

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Milton Scott 29580 Red Top Road Richards, Texas 77873 (936) 874-2802
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Maker of fine 18th century Hand-Made American Windsor Chairs.

Curtis Buchanan

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208 East Main Street Jonesborough TN 37659
Description: 
Curtis Buchanan makes his Windsor Chairs in much the same way they were made 200 years ago. His small, one-man shop is located in the heart of Jonesborough’s Historic District. Buchanan has published numerous articles on chairmaking and has taught in many craft schools both here and abroad.

D. C. Nauman

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P.O. Box 7 E. Stroudsburg, PA 18301 (570) 223-1955
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Windsor and Chippendale chairs, ladderback rockers, tables, desks, and case pieces are all built and finished using the time tested techniques of eighteenth century craftsmen. Custom orders are always welcomed, and reproduction paneling and millwork are also available, as well as custom carving and turning, repair and restoration of antique furniture pieces and general furniture repair.

Fallen Timber Studios

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19 Gobblers Knob Lock Haven, PA 17745 (570) 769-7712
Description: 
Fallen Timber Studios uses 18th century tools and techniques exclusively for their chairs. Starting with a log they split the chair parts from it. Each and every component is shaped by hand the way it was over 200 years ago in Colonial America. Milk Paint is the traditional finish and only finish they use for their Windsors.

Elia Bizzarri

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Pittsboro, NC (919) 967-3321
Description: 
The woodworking tools and techniques I use are many centuries old. All the items I make bear the marks of my hand tools. The quiet of my shop is reminicent of a pre-industrial country woodshop. Like 18th century woodworkers I use safe, non-toxic finishes that protect your health, my health and the health of our planet.

Peter Galbert

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Bethel, New York (845) 482-9318
Description: 
Peter Galbert is a full time chairmaker. Before specializing in green wood chairmaking he built custom cabinetry and furniture as well as museum displays. Peter also offers one on one intensive seminars to woodworkers of all levels.

The Windsor Institute

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Mike Dunbar 44 Timber Swamp Rd. Hampton, N.H. 03842 (603) 929-9801
Description: 
The Windsor Institute was founded by chair maker Mike Dunbar and his wife Sue.
Other writings: 

Magazine Articles:
Fine Wood Working 01/22/01
"Michael Dunbar Makes a Windsor Chair..."

Woodworker's Journal 4/99
"Michael Dunbar: Prince of Windsors..."

The New York Times 2/11/99
"In the Shop with Michael Dunbar - Do It Yourself Windsor Chair..."

The Wall Street Journal 8/15/97
"As a Work of Art: Windsor Chair Gets a Standing Ovation..."

Robert L. Francis

Contact information: 
PO Box 326 Bryantville,Ma. 02327
Description: 
Being a master chair maker I'm dedicated to making only the finest Heirloom quality chairs available. I offer a variety of beautiful Windsor reproduction chairs and settees. I run a small chair shop in Bryantville, Massachusetts where I work alone making historically accurate reproductions of antique originals. The method of construction and materials in my chairs are the same as used in the antique originals, using only hand tools in much the same way it was done two hundred years ago.


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