This chair, the Brookhaven Chair, displays the chair making skills of David Ebner and was made of figured mahogany
The “Challenge of the Chair” was the theme for the 15th annual woodworking competition at the Wharton Esherick Museum in Paoli, Pennsylvania. Why chairs? To do something special for the 15th juried show, said curator Paul Eisenhower: “They’re probably the hardest things for furniture makers to make.”
This chair making competition entry is titled “Christmas Tree Chair” and was made by Donald Moss with discarded Christmas Trees.
From 68 entries of side chairs made mainly of wood, 10 were selected — on the basis of creativity, craftsmanship and functionality — to be part of the exhibition. Among those wood selections were the choices for Donald Moss’s “Christmas Tree Chair”: the fir, balsam and spruce came from discarded Christmas trees. “Chairs,” said Eisenhower, “are the ultimate challenge.”
