chairmakers
Furniture artisan specialists
Chairmakers are craftspeople who build chairs.
The term emphasizes traditional woodworking skills—joinery, turning, carving—rather than factory production.
Windsor chairmakers and ladder-back chairmakers represent distinct craft traditions.
The chairmakers of the Appalachian region passed techniques down through generations.
Chair with horizontal back rails
- shakerVessel for mixing drinks
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
- highchairTall infant seat
bentwood · settee · bench · footstool · seat · backrest · armrest · splat
Fitting wood pieces together
- carpentryWood construction trade
- woodturningShaping rotating timber
- cabinetmakingCraft of building furniture
- woodcarvingSculpting in timber
marquetry · intarsia · whittling · veneering · handmade · bespoke · craftsmanship · apprenticeship
Rotating shaping tools
- chiselsBladed tools for carving
- planersWood-smoothing tools
- adzeTransverse-bladed hewing implement
- routersPacket-forwarding network hardware
clamps · saws · spokeshaves · drawknives · gouges · mallets · rasps · files
ladderback
Chair with horizontal back rails
highchair · bentwood · settee · bench · footstool · seat · backrest · armrest · splat · stretcher
joinery
Fitting wood pieces together
- carpentryWood construction trade
- woodturningShaping rotating timber
- cabinetmakingCraft of building furniture
woodcarving · marquetry · intarsia · whittling · veneering · handmade · bespoke · craftsmanship · apprenticeship · workshop
lathes
Rotating shaping tools
routers · clamps · saws · spokeshaves · drawknives · gouges · mallets · rasps · files · workbench
hardwood
Dense deciduous timber
walnut · cherry · ash · beech · hickory · mahogany · teak · rattan · cane · rush
dovetail
Join by interlocking parts
planing · shaping · finishing · staining · varnishing · gluing · rushing · weaving · upholstering · carving