by Elia Bizzarri | Sep 11, 2021 | Built for Speed Book Project | 14 Comments
I’ve started getting my act together for my book project and I have a couple puzzles to figure out. As a reminder, I’m building two-dozen copies of this chair in Independence Hall’s collection, hopefully in about 140 hours: The chair has four dents in the bow...
by Elia Bizzarri | Sep 9, 2021 | Built for Speed Book Project | 1 Comment
I just got back from a three week trip, equal parts vacation, research trip and photography experiment. Last winter I signed a book contract about early 19th. Century chairmaking with Lost Art Press. This trip was the first step on the book – I spent a week at Old...
by Elia Bizzarri | Sep 2, 2021 | Chair Stories | 0 Comments
This afternoon Edward picked up a set of four custom walnut and oak swivel bar stools that his wife Phyllis had helped design. Here’s a story about their chairs: Note: Nobody was hurt in this story. Other than a plastic compost bin. “I recommend this tree crew to all...
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