R L G Design Group

"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."  ....William Morris

While in Southern California we were exposed to a lot of Arts and Crafts influences, from small bungalows to large masterpieces such as the Gamble house in Pasadena.  The style gained prominence in the early twentieth century but faded out before the second world war only to make a major comeback over the last twenty-five years.  When one talks about "Arts and Crafts" several names come up repeatedly:  Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William Morris (the founders of Arts and Crafts), Gustav Stickley, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Greene brothers.  This chair is our interpretation of the Bolton Hall Chair by Greene & Greene (circa 1907).  The original can be seen in the Huntington Museum.

About the Chair

Like a lot of Arts and Crafts furniture, it appears relative simple until you look at it closely. This chair has very few right angles.  The seat is a trapezoid and the legs are parallelograms (11degrees off square) the seat is also raked at 7 degrees.  There are 30  "pillowed" pegs (10 are 1/4" and 20 are 3/8")This all makes for very complex construction.  This chair is constructed in  cherry, the pegs are ebony. 

More Information

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