MORRIS CHAIRS

In 1865, a vernacular design for an adjustable-back chair from Sussex, England, was adapted for sale by the firm that would become Morris & Co. The recliner concept morphed from the Victorian original to a rectilinear version by Stickley. It became an American Arts & Crafts icon. • Today’s craftspeople have kept the form alive. Brian Brace of Black Mountain, N.C., uses traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery to craft several models, including his signature ‘Arbor’ bowarm chair, with a live-oak motif—shown here in cherry, with ‘Sturbridge’ fabric in Cornflower from Archive Edition. Recently named a Roycroft Renaissance Artisan, Brace specializes in Arts & Crafts furniture of all types, and he also accepts custom commissions. Brian Brace Fine Furniture, brianbracefinefurniture.com