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Containing various and useful information on medieval and Renaissance woodworking, furniture, material culture, and re-enactment.

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.

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.

Gary Rogowski is the director of The Northwest Woodworking Studio, the center for tradition based woodworking classes in the Pacific Northwest. The Northwest Woodworking Studio is dedicated to teaching the art and the craft of woodworking. We welcome people of all abilities and backgrounds to come and use their hands and eyes and hearts in one of our most basic pursuits: building.

Specializing in Windsor chairs and hand made traditional furniture. Jeff Trapp offers a 5-day sackback Windsor chairmaking class

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.

We specialize in a very limited number of reproductions and copies of 18th century American furniture, particularly in the Queen Anne, Chippendale and Pennsylvania German styles. Our online catalog lists an extensive line of finishing supplies from exotic material as Dragon's Blood and Copals to many grades and kinds of shellac flakes,natural dyes (logwood, brazilwood, cutch and sumac extracts), aniline dyes (water, alcohol and oil soluble), NGRs and the new light fast dyes, to name only a few. Olde Mill also continues a decade-plus of dedication to offering educational opportunities to those seriously interested in furthering their woodworking knowledge.

Maker of fine 18th century Hand-Made American Windsor Chairs.

Windsor Chairs by award winning Artisans. Our Windsor chairs are graceful in appearance and are designed and built to last for generations. We offer an excellent range of Windsor Chair designs, plus a furniture collection which includes tavern tables, colonial corner cabinets, and hope chests.

The look of tool chests can tell us much about workers and workplaces. While their purpose is to organize, carry, and protect tools, these chests also suggest what workers think of themselves and how society measures the value of their work.