I’ve long been fascinated by legends involving old chairmakers. Here in Kentucky we had Chester Cornett, an enigmatic bearded maker of the wildest ladderbacks and rockers I’ve seen. In Indiana we had a chairmaker in the southern part of the state who in the early 20th century made ladderbacks with a woven seat that look incredibly modern. In Australia, they have the “Jimmy Possum” chair. Reader Bradley van Luyt sent […]
The post Meet the ‘Jimmy Possum’ Chair appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
from Chris Schwarz Blog – Popular Woodworking Magazine http://ift.tt/2pY6VfA
via IFTTT
