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Stephen H. Smith has been building fine furniture for over forty years. He became interested in this trade as a young boy visiting the workshop of Elbridge Hoff, a family friend, in Guilford, Ct. As a young man; Stephen went to work for Arne Ahlberg Antiques where he learned period furniture style, construction, repair, and finishing. As regional style variations and unique style interpretations became fascinating to him, Mr. Smith began to develop his own interpretations of each period style.
Equipped with a limited number of machines, and many fine period hand tools, Stephen learned to produce fine handmade reproductions of period American furniture. His finest work stays within the parameters of period style yet allows freedom of interpretation within those guidelines. All detail is produced by hand. Moldings are made with antique wooden planes; carving is done with handheld chisels and a mallet; all finishes are brushed on and hand rubbed. All of these techniques add to creating a finished product with the feel of an original artifact.
Stephen H. Smith has been building fine furniture for over forty years. He became interested in this trade as a young boy visiting the workshop of Elbridge Hoff, a family friend, in Guilford, Ct. As a young man; Stephen went to work for Arne Ahlberg Antiques where he learned period furniture style, construction, repair, and finishing. As regional style variations and unique style interpretations became fascinating to him, Mr. Smith began to develop his own interpretations of each period style.
Equipped with a limited number of machines, and many fine period hand tools, Stephen learned to produce fine handmade reproductions of period American furniture. His finest work stays within the parameters of period style yet allows freedom of interpretation within those guidelines. All detail is produced by hand. Moldings are made with antique wooden planes; carving is done with handheld chisels and a mallet; all finishes are brushed on and hand rubbed. All of these techniques add to creating a finished product with the feel of an original artifact.