Traditional furniture, like the designs crafted by Amish wood workers of today, would not seem what it is if not for the name Sheraton. Englishman Thomas Sheraton authored and published the most important trade catalogue, “The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book”, in the latter eighteenth century. For better or for worse this book was so [...]

Hepplewhite, Sheraton and Chippendale, the big three, were the Holy Trinity of furniture designers in the 18th century. Hepplewhite and Sheraton were extremely popular furniture styles in the late 1700s and remain the most desired of traditional designs even today. The traditional creations from the Amish woodworkers still keep the designs alive and affordable in solid [...]