AUGUSTA GALLERY
 of WEST VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE 

CHAIR MAKING

This is a rustic chair built by Langdon Jarvis of Upshur County, a master artist.

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A piece of rustic furniture by Langdon Jarvis, Upshur County.

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This is a rustic willow rocker made in Braxton County.

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Rustic Chairs by Tom Lynch and apprentice Tammy Perrine, of Upshur County.

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This homemade rocking chair was essentially made with a pocketknife. It has a hickory bark seat.

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Rustic chair by Langdon Jarvis of Upshur County.

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Langdon Jarvis works with an apprentice in rustic chair making in Upshur County where there is a long standing tradition of making rustic furniture                              (ch695p)
A "twig chair" made by master artist Tom Lynch of Upshur County.                                                         (ch895k)
Chairs with baling twine seats, one being put in, by Oran Ketterman, Randolph County.

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  Detail of baling twine seat, above.                     (ch994p)
Tom Lynch apprenticed to Linger family chairmakers in the  1970s and is now a full time chairmaker on his own.