Chippendale Arm and Side Chairs

Nice work!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Very nice Cal. I would love to be able to build a chair. Bravo zulu…..

-- Senior Chief

Beautiful work. Crisp carving and excellent attention to detail. Congratulations.

Those are some great looking chairs. I need to make myself a set also.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

That arm chair is beautiful.

-- T. Nelson

Stunning! I envy your talent! – any chance we could get you to blog about these chairs? – I for one would love to see some of your technique and jigs/patterns.
Thanks for posting such a great project.

Schroeder…

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

Beautiful chairs. love the style.

-- Style is simple, but not my execution of it.

Cal,
Those chairs are exquisite in shape and finish. I’m into making Windsor chairs right now after taking classes with Mike Dunbar in New Hampshire, but those chairs of yours are awesome to look at here. I particularly like the arm chair with the carved knuckles. Great work and thanks for posting it. I’ve purchased many books on fancy chairs, but having someone guide in the process is the way to go. It was neat that your Dad passed this talent down to you.

God bless,
Jim

www.chairsbypaulson.com

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Wonderful chairs super workmanship there beautiful/
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-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

These are gorgeous chairs!! Great work!!

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX

Great craftsmanship Cal,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Sweet looking chairs!

I see they are pegged,,,,,,,,,,is all the joinery mortise and tenons? Is the pegging part of the joinery or just for looks? Its been a while since I made a chair with mortise and tenons myself.

Awesome job thanks for posting!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

Thanks all for your comments.

My Dad hold classes each month, the chippendale chairs, including the armchairs are built each year. You can check out his website at hobbsfurniture.com. I am grateful he tried passing down some of what he knows so I can carry on the tradition.

Lee, the joints are truly pegged through the mortise and tenon, but they are mostly for looks, unless the glue fails somewhere down the line. Besides, the originals were pegged, and I like to build them as close as I can to period accuracy.

Thanks again, Cal.

WOW!! Beautiful. Thanks for posting.

-- Dennis Zongker

Cal,

Thanks for the information on your Dad’s classes. That would be a pretty cool opportunity and I’ll keep it mind for the future. For now I have to wait till the dust settles LOL.

Jim

-- www.chairsbypaulson.com

I love the finishing on the captain’s chair.