Oh my gosh, that's a REALLY old photo. That's a set we did about 15 years ago, made by a man named Doug St. Clair of Chambersburg, PA. He and I came up with those designs in the early 1990's after pouring over originals, with the intent to make an affordable grouping (relatively speaking) that was done correctly. We sold everything we could make, then one day I was at Doug's place loading up and he had difficulty assisting me in carrying the a table like you see into the truck. We were both in our early 40's and that was not a difficult lift. Turns out that was the first sign of ALS (Lou Gehrig's) and within 9 months Doug could no longer make furniture. He passed away from ALS in 1999 or 2000, the exact date escapes me. A sad tale, and a terrible disease.
Doug provided JL Treharn with a copy of the chair frame, and their chair is essentially the same footprint but with a different splat and crest rail. I still like the design we came up with better (the splat is called "Owl Eyes".
I can reproduce that set exactly through other cabinetmakers, but I've never had another one who would work as quickly as efficiently as Doug was able to. He was something of a legend back then among the other woodworker's in this trade, they never could figure out how he could make so many for such good prices (chairs were under $ 900 each, and the tables were around $ 3,500). That table was in tiger maple, measuring 48" W x 120" long with two leaves installed.
How times change....that entire area shown in that photo is now nearly all leather upholstery in my store.
Duane Collie
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