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Wood & Hogan
Established in 1927, Wood & Hogan is an American family-owned company specializing in making fine traditional English style furniture based on original examples from 1700 to 1825. The company prides itself on its ‘bench-made’ cabinetwork with a single highly skilled craftsman responsible for each piece of furniture it makes. Many Wood & Hogan pieces are exact reproductions of English period examples; others pieces are based on period examples but modified to [...] Click here to continue reading.
Wallace Nutting (1861-1941)
Wallace Nutting was born in Rockbottom, Massachusetts, in 1861. He was ordained a Congregational Minister in 1887 and while he appeared to excel in this profession, he continually declined calls from one church or another all over the country. He finally settled in 1894 in Providence, Rhode Island, as minister of the Union Church. He resigned from Union Church after a nervous breakdown in 1904 and began to take photographs in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Isaac Vose (1767-1823) and Isaac Vose, Jr. (1794-1872), Boston Cabinetmakers from 1819-24.
Vernis Martin
The use of lacquer with painted decoration was known in China as early as 1000 B.C. and in Japan from at least the sixth century A.D. In the 16th and 17th centuries this Chinoiserie decoration became very popular throughout Europe and many cabinetmakers and decorators tried to imitate its deep and lusterous alure, mostly without success.
Four French brothers working circa 1730 in Paris finally developed a successful alternative when they perfected [...] Click here to continue reading.
James Chapman Tuttle
James Chapman Tuttle (circa 1772 to 1849) has been credited as the only identified maker of Windsor chairs originating in Salem, Massachusetts. Nancy Goyne Evans in American Windsor Chairs notes that Evans probably marketed the fan-back Windsor first. She adds, “Tuttle’s use of eight spindles in his fan backs when odd numbers were commoner recalls both Boston production and the late work of the Tracy family.”
William C. Ketchum, Jr., in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Elisha Tucker, Cabinetmaker
A master cabinetmaker of the Federal period, Elisha Tucker worked at 40 Middle Street, Boston circa 1810. During this period he also partnered with Jonathan Griffin (Beverly, Massachusetts 1767 to 1843) for a brief period. Two Tucker labeled card tables are known, as is one labeled Tucker & Griffin.
Jerry Treharn
Jerry Treharn established J.L. Treharn & Company in 1986. The company produces fine reproduction furniture in Youngstown, Ohio.
The Furniture of Robert “Mouseman” Thompson
In the village of Kiburn in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England, beside the Parish Church, there is a carpenter’s shop which is best known these days as a place where modern day “antique” furniture is made. This was the home of Robert Thompson, often known as “mousey” Thompson or as the “Mouseman” because of the trademark he created – a small mouse carved on almost every piece [...] Click here to continue reading.
John Sprosen
Cabinetmaker John Sprosen was active in Philadelphia circa 1783 to 1788, and in New York City from 1789 to 1798. His Windsor chairs are branded “I. Sprosen” under the seat.
Paul Sormani: Master Cabinetmaker of the 19th Century
Paul Sormani (1817 to 1877), one the most important cabinetmakers of the 19th century, was born in Venice. Having trained as a cabinetmaker, he moved to Paris where he opened his first shop in 1847 specializing in furniture made in the Louis XV and Louis XVI style.
When she decorated her palace, Empress Eugenie, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III, who was particularly fond of [...] Click here to continue reading.
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