Writing Desk and Chair

To Desk

All of the curves in this chair were accomplished with bent lamination-except the arms which were cut from solid pieces. I wanted strong joints between the back legs and the seating structure of the chair; So the  back seat rail is joined to the side rails in front of and separate from the legs. The side rails are then joined separately to the back legs.

The Walnut on the back splat came from the Pedal Board of a Pipe Organ that is being restored. I cut the old pedals off on my bandsaw and replaced them with new pieces. I planed the old pieces down and used them here on this chair. ( For more about the Pipe Organ, click HERE )

The Rosette in Black Walnut is the main unifying  element in the Chair and the Desk. There are three in the Chair and nine in the Desk

The Chair has design elements from several different furniture styles including Shaker, Arts and Crafts ala MacIntosh and even Chippendale.

A chair can spend much of it's life with it's back to the "audience" so it should look interesting from the back as well as the front.

(To see a larger picture click on the photos)

Custom Fine Furniture by Alan Young

WoodwardWoodworks

114 Woodward Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197

734 218-5803

alan@woodwardwoodworks.com

@2008 alan young