I found the chromed legs of two Mies Van der Rohe chairs at a garage sale years ago and instantly bought them, figuring I could buy the black leather, tufted seats and back from some secondary marketer at a reasonable price. I was wrong. They were available, but at a huge cost.
The legs [...]

As you know, I’m a huge fan of art chairs, accent chairs and furniture art.   I’m proud of my chairs.  But check out this chair I just found on internet.  It’s clever, isn’t it?
There are a million things I like about this chair.  But the basic concept that the artist took is that chairs can [...]

I was just flattered by a very kind email from a happy customer.   His wife arranged to buy a chair from me or his holiday gift.  Thanks Brad… I’m glad you like it. — Chuck Mettler

Chuck!
I wanted to send you this photo of me with my Christmas present.   Don’t I look smashing next [...]

I admire Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture, and the look of his art chairs, and notice the variation and extreme creativity. Many are comfortable except for the very straight-backed ones which are unsittable, as far as I’m concerned. Beautiful furniture, but hardly functional. Take a look:

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“I really got interested in furniture art when I was a student at the Chicago Art Institute. The idea that something as functional as a chair or sofa could have class, style and even be comfortable, hit me one day as I prowled the design section of the museum. One of the [...]