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RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, gift of the estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke.
The work begins with the riving of logs. The wood is split by a series of wedges rending the wood as one might tear open a dinner roll. With wedge, froe, and club, the chairmaker slowly creates short billets to be worked into seat and spindle, crest rail, leg, and arm. Once assembled, the pieces will season together, the green wood drying and expanding to form bonds without nails or glue. Hundreds of years later, the chair will go on the auction block with chipped paint and worn legs, and we will marvel at how long it has lasted.  ....

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