This is a Carningli chair.
This is the style of chair which I build.
Seats play a very important part in our lives.
Of all the items of furniture we have, the
chair has the closest links to the human
body.
Like us, they have arms, legs, backs. They can
exhibit formal, utilitarian, or rustic characters.
They can be austere and spartan, clinical
and cold, soft and voluptuous, refined and
restrained, or extravagantly ornate.
In fact, there are styles of chair to match
every taste in temperament and fashion,
and every degree of social status, from the
canteen to the cathedral.
Sadly, so many chairs are mediocre and
give no pleasure to the eye or the posterior.
Even worse, whilst almost everyone knows
the names of Chippendale, Sheraton, and
Hepplewhite, ( if only as ' something to do
with antiques..' ) almost nobody is aware
of the astounding heritage of so-called
vernacular or country chairs which the
British Isles has.
Or had. Because what was once a flourishing
and vigorous pursuit, where almost every
locality exhibited a chair-style of its own,
supplying the needs of local cottages and
farmhouses, seems to be virtually forgotten
today.
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