Woodworker: Vincent Chicone
The original of this reproduction tall easy chair (circa 1800–1810) sits in the library of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate. The chair caught Chicone’s attention while he was working on reproductions of several pieces of Monticello furniture for the museum’s Griffin Discovery Room, where children can learn about Jefferson through hands-on activities. “I was particularly drawn to the handcarved balloon fluting in the legs,” he said. The chair also has carved reeding on the arms and front legs. It is 23-1⁄2 in. deep by 28-3⁄4 in. wide by 58 in. tall, made of mahogany with red leather upholstery and brass tacks. Chicone made the chair for a collector who lives in a home built to match Monticello.

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