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Studio Furniture at the Renwick

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Furniture historian Oscar Fitzgerald discusses his new catalog of contemporary artisan-made furniture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery.

1. George Nakashima “Conoid Bench”
1977 Walnut, hickory, 31-1/8″ × 84-1/2″ × 35-5/8″
Photo by Edward Owen

Tom Caspar: You’ve been writing about woodworking in the United States for quite a while, including the comprehensive book Four Centuries… »

Ross Day: Furnituremaker

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Ross Day Gets Ripe
BY JONATHAN BINZEN
Ross Day grew up in a scattering of towns out West in the ’50s and ’60s and early ’70s. From Denver, where he was born in 1954, his family moved to Pueblo, Colorado, then to Boise, Idaho, and, when Ross was ten, on to Seattle, where they stayed. One year… »