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The Alexis Recliner is the second in a series of lounge chairs I've developed. I conceived of it as a moderne automotive piece; vintage auto lines combined with traditional auto upholstery techniques such as the tuck-and-roll panels under the arms. The angle of its sidewalls reflect the front wheel camber of a 1941 Ford Convertible. This recliner won the Best of Show Award in the American Craft Council's craft show in Minneapolis in 1991. Cherry and leather I designed the Martinez Recliner during a summer I spent with my wife and son on Norway's Hardanger Fjord. The recliner blends Gustav Stickley's Morris Chair with the sweeping lines of an Adirondack lawn chair. A bar with brass pins that slide into bushings allows the recliner's back to adjust from an upright angle to, well, a reclining position. The above photo shows a recliner and ottoman made of walnut; in the previous view, the recliner is made of narra. Both feature leather upholstery. The Seeger Recliner is part of a suite of furniture that I designed and built for a Berkeley, California house designed by the prominent turn-of-the-century architect, Bernard Maybeck. This house, in the Arts and Crafts style, was built in 1911 for Charles Seeger, Pete's dad. I decided to use aluminum details in the chair as a subtle means of enlivening the dark details of the Maybeck sitting room. Fiddleback maple, aluminum and leather
Alexis Recliner Martinez Recliner Seeger Recliner
Common chairmaking wisdom goes something like this: When you increase the number of positions you can get out of a chair, you increase its overall comfort. The goal of comfortable seating is to support the sitter in a balanced or neutral position without curbing her ability to flex, stretch and relax certain muscles. Getting it right produces a chair that people can sit in comfortably for hours. The Adjustable Rocker adds a moveable back angle to its bag of tricks. This does two things. First, it allows the sitter to change positions, increasing comfortable sitting time. (La-Z-Boy™ recliners are famous for this.) Second, the adjustable back actually modifies the size of the chair, making it more versatile. Large people generally find the chair fits well when the back angle is more open, while smaller people seem to prefer the back adjusted to its closed position. The chair's curved seat nicely tucks the sitter into the back lumbar support. European elm and leather An innovation to the tradition of the rocker, this chair allows for adjustment of the angle of the back rest. Quarter sawn sycamore with rosewood slats  
Adjustable Rocker-Upholstered Adjustable Rocker-Wood Seat  
     
     
   

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