chair making
Seat construction trade
Chair making is the craft of constructing chairs, traditionally by hand using wood.
The term evokes artisanal methods—joinery, turning, weaving seats from rush or cane—rather than factory production.
Windsor chairs and ladder-backs are classic products of the craft.
He learned chair making from his grandfather.
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- hand toolsUnpowered grip-operated devices
- joineryFitting wood pieces together
- latheRotating shaping machine
- spindlesRotating rods for thread
legs · seat · backrest · carving · chisel · handcraft · sawdust · workshop · lumber · wood shavings · oak · maple · walnut · grain pattern · Windsor · shaker style · rocking · bentwood
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
- furniture craftsupholstery, woodcarving, refinishing, reupholstery, furniture painting
- green woodworkingbodger, drawknife, greenwood, cleaving, riving
- folk craftsbasketry, basket weaving, quilting, quilts, embroidery