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Who Was George Hepplewhite

George Hepplewhite was born on… let us just say at some time during the first half of the eighteenth century in… well, no one knows just where. According to some sources, he served his apprenticeship with Gillows of Lancaster and London, but the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is even skeptical about this. Purportedly he based himself in London, where he carried… - Continue Reading -
 
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Nice reading, very interesting.
As "they always say" behind every great man ….........., so lets give Alice her due credit.
 
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I had read the pieces broke apart due to fragile
proportions and so didn't survive. The theory
that "he" was a designer only and not a maker
is certainly interesting.

I was once asked to repair an early 19th century
chair. It had been poorly repaired with screws
before, as you might expect. I got it so it looked
a little better but it was still not sturdy enough
for sitting on. I don't think anybody much cared
about preserving old furniture before the 20th
century.
 
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I had read the pieces broke apart due to fragile
proportions and so didn t survive. The theory
that "he" was a designer only and not a maker
is certainly interesting.

I was once asked to repair an early 19th century
chair. It had been poorly repaired with screws
before, as you might expect. I got it so it looked
a little better but it was still not sturdy enough
for sitting on. I don t think anybody much cared
about preserving old furniture before the 20th
century.

- Loren
I find that interesting given that the Hepplewhite designs are copied so much.
 
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