Chairs
Dining chair in white oak with rush seat.
Rocking chair in cherry with a hickory bark seat.
Boggs arm chair in hickory with hickory bark seat.
Boggs arm chair in hickory with hickory bark seat.
Shaker-style footstools in white oak with rush seat
Shaker-Style Rocking Chair in cherry with a hickory bark seat.
Shaker-Style Rocking Chair in cherry with a hickory bark seat.
Boggs Side Chair in hickory with hickory bark seat.
Shaker-style footrest from Walnut with rush seat.
Boggs Side Chair in Hickory with Hickory Bark Seat. The dark wood is heartwood and the light is sapwood. Unlike most trees, sapwood is harder in Hickory than the heartwood. Many hammer and axe handles are made from Hickory sapwood.
Brian Boggs designed side chair in cherry with woven hickory bark seat.
Brian Boggs designed side chair in cherry with woven hickory bark seat.
Appalachian Settin' Chairs - These were common in the Appalachian areas of Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina. These are solid white oak: two with rattan woven seats and one with cotton webbing in contrasting colors.
Profile of an Appalachian Settin' Chair showing the dramatic curve in the rear post and slats.
Appalachian Settin' Chair with rush seat.
Appalachian Settin' Chair with woven rattan reed seat.
Profile of Appalachian Settin' Chair with woven rattan reed seat.
Two Appalachian Settin' Chairs, one with a seat and one without. The chair with the seat was the first one I ever made.
An antique chair from Western North Carolina. I repaired the joints and wove a new rattan reed seat. Some folklore says the herringbone pattern must start from the back left and move towards the front right for good luck!