Chairs

Historical Value

This type of chair is turning up at antique stores in North America and Europe, selling for $1000 - $10,000 per chair. Many of these 200 to 300 year old chairs are still intact, and highly valued by sophisticated & knowledgeable buyers.

Construction Methods

Our chairs and stools are built in the traditional manner using hand tools and tapered, tenoned legs that are driven and keyed into the seat with a wedge.

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Contemporary Welsh Dining Chair with Distressed Finish

Finishes:

Choice of traditional milk paint colors: off-white, green, blue, yellow, brick-red and black.
Non-traditional natural finishes which show the grain.
Traditional finish of oil, shellac and wax.
By request, lacquer or varnish.

Prices:

Stick Stool: $150.00 unfinished. Optional finish $50.00.
Welsh Stick Chair $650.00. Custom color finishes $100.
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Woods:

Seats - elm, sycamore, poplar, ash, silver maple, basswood or walnut.
Legs - split from logs, usually red oak, white oak, ash, pecan, locust, red bud or hard maple.
Spindles - red oak, ash, pecan, locust or white oak for strength.
Bow arms - ash, red oak, elm, pecan, poplar or white oak.
Crests - many suitable hardwoods: ash, oak, birch, maple and many others.
Rungs - strong hardwoods such as ash, maple, locust, red bud, hickory and red oak to withstand the stresses and strains imposed upon the seat.