Tradition/Innovation : Louie, Mark & Terry Newberry

Tradition Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft and Traditional Art

Louie,
Mark & Terry Newberry
Red Boiling Springs, TN
Chair Makers
Traditional Artist

Southern
Artistry

Adjudicated
Artist

About the Artists

The tradition of hand-made chairs dates back decades in Tennessee when many farmers supplemented their income by making and repairing chairs. Newberry & Son’s Chairs is part of this regional tradition. Five generations of the Newberry family have been making chairs in the same location in rural Macon County, Tennessee. Today Louie Newberry and his sons, Mark and Terry, continue to make beautiful handcrafted chairs, stools, and rockers.

Website

http://www.newberryandsonschairs.com

Experience the Exhibit

Wood Gallery

Connections Gallery

Left to right:
High Chair, 2007
Maple
37" x 17" x 17"

Crooked Back Chair, 2007
Maple
33" x 17.5" x 17.5"

Photo by Luis Quiles

The Newberry Approach to Mastery

A Newberry chair is built to last, but more important than longevity is its comfort. The chairs are ample and sturdy with invisible refinements of more than a century of experience.
A factory-built chair may "walk" and the seat may sag, but a Newberry chair is sturdy and stays put.
Years of experience have refined the process so the chair's occupant is pitched at the most comfortable sitting angle. “A good chair has plenty of support underneath,” Louie Newberry [fourth generation chair maker] says.