George Hepplewhite designs and variants of them through the 19th and 20th centuries. George Hepplewhite George Hepplewhite (1727? – 21 June 1786) was a cabinetmaker. He is regarded as having been one of the "big three" English furniture makers of the 18th century, along with Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale. There are no pieces of furniture made by Hepplewhite or his firm known to exist but he gave his name to a distinctive style of light, elegant furniture that was fashionable between about 1775 and 1800 and reproductions of his designs continued through the following centuries. One characteristic that is seen in
Robert Erickson (furniture designer) Tor is now a full partner in the business of Erickson Woodworking. His work is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Racine Museum of Art. http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/57188 Robert Erickson (furniture designer) Robert Erickson (born Lincoln, Nebraska 1947) is an American furniture designer and woodworker in Nevada City, California. He is a studio maker, who custom designs chairs and other furniture. His work is in several U.S. national collections. After leaving University of Nebraska with an English degree in 1969, Erickson traveled to Druid