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Arts and Crafts Window Seat; Charles Limbert Design

comments (5) June 8th, 2010 in Reader's Gallery

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Window seat, quarter sawn white oak, Charles Limbert arts and crafts design, about 1908.

Photo: © Bill Pappas

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This quarter sawn oak window seat was designed by Charles Limbert in the early 20th century. I first saw it at an arts and crafts exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2005. Research online produced some reference, and I was able to obtain a copy of an original Limbert catalog through the Cleveland Public Library. Only a few dimensions were given in the catalog, but I used ratio and proportion to calculate the final sizes of various pieces. The finish is an alcohol based stain, followed by an oil stain, followed by precatalyzed laquer.

Design or Plan used: Charles Limbert

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sfvmat writes: Great looking piece. I didn't know anything about Limbert until we found a shop in Altadena (CA) that has Craftsman antiques, and also does faithful reproductions of Craftsman genre furniture, including Limbert. They had a pagoda table, and a pyramid-style nightstand, that my wife immediately put on my to-do list.
Posted: 3:03 pm on July 3rd

ctsooner writes: I LOVE IT. We have a couple of Limbert pieces and I'd love to make this one. I'm fairly new, but have made a Harvey Ellis bookcase already as I take courses with Bob Van Dyke at his CT Valley school. Do you have plans that you'd be willing to share. It's simplicity belies it's build I'm sure. I'm not good at design work, but I can follow instructions, lol. Thanks so much.
Posted: 10:10 pm on July 2nd

GaryPC writes: I found a Limbert Window Bench #243 at http://www.liveauctioneers.com/h/item/5649658?ah=47-43fb8&category=all&itemtype=all
Interesting that you raised the seat relative to the upper cutouts and moved the seat rails to inside the legs - a significant improvement over the original as it adds depth.
Posted: 10:35 pm on June 19th

GaryPC writes: Stunning is right, and very inspiring. If you were able to share some of your research on this I'm sure to not be the only one who would much appreciate it. This looks like a must-do project for me!
Posted: 1:07 pm on June 19th