crafts·man  n.  A man who practices a craft with great skill.

crafts-man-ship  n.  skill in an occupation or trade.

We make our pieces look good.   But we also make our pieces look the age they are supposed be.

Our sources of furniture making inspiration include the Townsend-Goddards of Newport and Dr. Wallace Nutting.

If you have a passion for period furniture you are, no doubt, aware of the craftsmanship standards set by the Townsend - Goddards.   You may be less familiar with Dr. Wallace Nutting (1861-1941).

Nutting a noted minister, photographer, author, antiquarian, founded The Wallace Nutting Furniture Company.  Nutting's shop was guided by Nutting's ten commandments of furniture making.  Shop Commandment #10 was "Let nothing leave your hands till you are proud of it".

We are of the opinion that good craftsmanship starts with attitude.  There must be a mindset to do an outstanding job... to pay attention to detail.... and to deliver a final product worthy of praise from the customer.... so that the customer desires to purchase more reproduction period furniture from us.

Each piece of furniture is hand fitted and assembled.    Our joinery techniques are the same as those employed 200+ years ago - - by the Townsend-Goddards and all the other fine furnituremakers...... dovetails, sliding dovetails, mortise & tenons, rabbetted joints, dadoed joints.  Our techniques and procedures are improved only to the extent that we are able to sharpen our chisels, hand planes and other hand tools to a mirror finish, thereby improving the precision of the fits.  Our hand tool sharpening and polishing feats were not achievable by our forefathers, not because they lacked the skills... but because the polishing stones of today were not available back them.

Back