The Discriminating Furniture Buyers Guide To Heirloom Quality Dining Chairs - Part 2

Do You appreciate beautiful hardwood furniture built by craftsmen to last for generations?
Are You seeking just the right dining chair for Your dining room or kitchen?
If so, read this Furniture Buyers Guide To Heirloom Quality Dining Chairs

Amish 'Classic' & 'Heritage' Hardwood Chairs
by American Heirloom Furniture

Our Dining Chair Heritage

Furnishing styles and tastes have continuously evolved, and seats of various kinds have seen considerable development leading to our large collection of hardwood dining chairs, infants high chairs, stools, rocking chairs, desk chairs, and benches, that we offer in our online Heirloom Quality furniture catalog today.

In early Colonial homes, and also in the later homes of pioneering times, stools were in fact more common than were chairs. The term "Father's Chair" may hearken back to the time when 'Father's chair' was the only chair in the house! Find out more about the many different styles of chairs, benches, and stools available to us from our rich heritage of North American furniture craftsmen.

We understand that Your investment in a true ‘Heirloom Quality’ stool, bench, or dining chair, should provide both comfortable seating for Your family and friends, and also supreme and lasting value.

Stylish 'Square Frame' Chairs & Comfortable 'Windsor Chairs'

The traditional 'Square Frame' Chair form can be seen in our collection of fine Mission Style Chairs, and Shaker Style Chairs. Square Frame chairs are constructed with 2 long posts at the back, which form the back legs and the back rest, and 2 short posts at the front which form the front legs. The seat is then joined onto these legs, which are then braced below the seat. Many square frame chair models are available in 2 model variants that have either wooden seats or upholstered seats.

Windsor Style Seating, with splayed legs and tilted back rests driven into the seat, represents a high point in the landscape of chair design & construction. The original English Windsor Chair developed in the 17th Century near Windsor, England, and has traveled extensively throughout the centuries, first coming to America in about 1726. After this time, the English Windsor Chairs differed from their North American counterparts in various details, as several stylistic and structural adaptations evolved on each side of the Atlantic. This is why you'll find so many different types of Windsor Chair, as well as matching Windsor Benches and matching Windsor Stools for many of these chairs, in our catalog.

In General, You'll Find That Square Frame Chairs Are Stylish, But Windsor Chairs Are More Comfortable!

Choosing Your Hardwood Dining Chairs

We work hard to ensure that every one of today’s Heirloom Quality chairs is better in many ways than the original furniture of old that it is based upon. We apply the best proven designs and legacy joinery techniques that have evolved through generations of craftsmen, and we also take advantage of advances in furniture manufacturing technology and the quality of modern glues and finishes.

Understand which features You should demand and which ones You should avoid in order to get the best value from Your next quality chair, bench, or stool purchase:

What To Insist On: - Find out exactly what to look for in a true 'Heirloom Quality' Chair that will beautifully accommodate Your needs, and be easily maintained to last for generations

What To Avoid: - Find out how to look for, identify, and avoid common chair manufacturers cost-cutting steps that will simply not bear the burden of normal use in Your home

Mennonite Furniture Studios

Heirloom Quality Hardwood Chairs:

English Windsor Chairs - Shaker Ladderback Chairs

'Contemporary' New England Bow-Back Windsor Chairs

Wheat Windsor Chairs - Appalachian Squire Chairs

NEXT>> Part 3 - What To Insist On When Buying Your Quality Dining Chairs

Uncompromised Beauty, Functionality, Durability, and Value
The Quality Dining Chairs of yesteryear were built to last by caring men who thoroughly understood their tools, materials and craft.
Today, our Mennonite & Amish furniture makers undergo a long apprenticeship to develop keen eyes and skilled hands, and these expert craftsmen are dedicated to unhurriedly building Your dining furniture the right way - offering exceptional value without compromise!