Category
page 1Furniture makers
Gerrit Rietveld
Dutch furniture designer and architect (1888-1964)
Michael Thonet
German-Austrian cabinet maker (1796-1871)
Johannes S. Andersen
Norwegian criminal, businessman and resistance fighter during the Second World War
chair maker
Since the mid-17th century, a chair-maker is a craftsperson in the furniture trades specializing in chairs. Before that time seats were made by joiners, turners, and coffer makers, and woven seats were made by basketmakers. In 18th-century London, chair-makers might work on their own account, or within the workshop of upholders, as members of the upholstery trade were called.
Herman Doomer
Furniture and frame-maker from the Northern Netherlands (1595-1650)