Furniture Maker

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History and technique play important roles when Greg Guenther creates his fine furniture. When he was fresh out of college, he landed a job repairing antique furniture. He'd run to the library to read everything he could about the design of the piece before he would lay a hand on it.

Twenty-five years later, all of his research has paid off. He creates his own rendition of classic furniture styles--from neoclassical to Georgian-inspired pieces.

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Greg Guenther
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Guenther's hunt table

History Nuggets

  • Georgian furniture actually spans a period of more than 100 years (1714 to 1830), and there are several styles of furniture that fall under this British period.

    - The ornate Baroque style of continental Europe was the fashion for the first 50 years of this era.

    - Palladian and neoclassical styles, which developed in the mid-18th century, attempted to imitate the more simple lines of classic Roman and Greek design.

    - Regency is another mid 18th-century English furniture style.

  • Thomas Chippendale, George Hepplewhite and Thomas Sheraton all created furniture during this era.
Resources
Authentic Georgian Furniture Designs: Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762
by William Ince, John Mayhew (ISBN: 0486402959)
Dover Publications, August 1998
Order this title.

Dover Publications Inc.
31 East 2nd St.
Mineola, NY 11501-3852
US
Website: store.doverpublications.com
Guests
Greg Guenther
Furniture Maker
409 E. York St.
Savannah, GA 31401
Phone: 912-447-5522
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Modern Masters : Episode MAS-503
•Furniture Maker
•Louisiana Coppersmith
•Floor Builder