"Ba r r y" wrote in message
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Did anyone else see the current "Woodshop News"?

There's an article about Irion, a PA furniture builder who's building
300 reproduction pieces for _one_ client. The originals are scattered
about in museums. To see that collection when it's done...

There's also an article about a lumber dealer in PA, who oddly enough,
is the former owner of the same furniture maker.

Interesting reads.

Very interesting. It was nice to see someone with the means to do so was
willing to invest in such a fine collection... it lends a boost to the
legitimacy of the creation of 18th century style pieces made with 18th
century construction methods. Though a vastly different thing from making
pieces that look 18th century but are made with 20-21st century construction
methods such works are often considered modern... which seems to brand them
as illegitimate.

John