Michael Dunbar

Not content to hang the old chairmaker’s tools he collected on the wall, Michael Dunbar became one of the few contemporary craftsmen in the country producing Windsor chairs completely by hand, using the eighteenth century method and original tools. His chair shop at Strawbery Banke, the early American museum which is a preservation of historic Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is open to the public. Besides being an accomplished chairmaker, Michael Dunbar is a specialist in antiques, furniture care, and related subjects …