Read more on the Bernhardt Furniture Company's reimagining of the classic American Windsor rocker at the New York Times.
When Lenoir, North Carolina’s Bernhardt Furniture Company began preparations for its 125th anniversary, they set out to completely reimagine a variety of classic pieces of American furniture. In order to get a fresh take on American classics, they chose to enlist three European pros to get the job done.
What Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance (French), Ross Lovegrove (Welsh) and Jephson Robb (Scottish) came up with was a Winsdor rocker unlike any you’ve ever seen. The rocker, which uses a variety of old-world and modern techniques to achieve a curvy frame that “merges the glides, armrests, and back into one continuous line is a real winner in terms of design, and you can have your own for a cool $2,900 bucks.
In a world where it’s tough for any artisan or craftsman to come up with a truly unique design, Duchanfour-Lawrence, Lovegrove, and Robb nailed it. Here’s to a job well done!
Read more on the Bernhardt Furniture Company’s reimagining of the classic American Windsor at the New York Times.
Comments
'American classic'? Do you guys know where Windsor is?
A similar style of chair was first seen in England as early as the sixteenth century. What we know as a windsor chair today was first shipped from Windsor, in South-East England, to London in 1724. It's certainly a classic but in this case not American.
On the other hand Shaker furniture is an American classic.
Yes of course everyone knows where Windsor is and the origins of this style. Know-it-alls get their jollies by correcting others; here even to the exclusion of giving credit to an outstanding piece of work. Really this is an awesome piece! Thank you Mssrs Duchaufour-Lawrance, Lovegrove and Robb! This is truly inspirational.
Ariel Enriquez
This is a great eye catching piece! The flow of the curves from the front and the optical tricks from the side make this chair a functional piece of art. American Windsors have been around since before the Revolution...I think it's safe to refer to the style as American Classic.
Ajenriquez, and Ray_SHARR, Windsor is in Canada, in the Ontario province, south of Detroit, Michigan, right across the river. Just sayin'. Cool chair, nonetheless. If I could find plans for this chair, that would be awesome!
The best version of the rocker I have seen in a very long time. Kudos to all involved. Not convinced it is "Shaker" so that attribute doesn't stick. That said, great work, great design and many thanks. Also, the price is on the bottom end of fine design and great craft. Keep up the good work.
Said "Shaker" when I meant Windsor, but my comments include both. Thanks.
Beautiful and innovative craftsmanship. The inclusion of steam bending, CNC boring and sculptured components is mind boggling.
I also found 2D and 3D orthographic drawings on the Bernard website. These are in DWG format with PDF viewing/printing
My Assisted Living Center has no shop facilities but I do have SketchUp and AutoDesk 2014 with which I am trying to create an STL for a scale model for desktop 3D printing on Makerbot (Instructables or Thingibot)
Any CAD savy readers out there?
Wallace Johnston
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Amarillo,TX
Bernhardt design web page with link to Drawing Library
http://www.bernhardtdesign.com/products/harper/index.html
enjoy
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