Jere Osgood

Wilton, New Hampshire

Desk Chair

European Hornbeam & Leather
Price: $7,250

Jere Osgood

Jere Osgood's work has been exhibited widely and is represented in such major permanent collections as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the American Craft Museum in New York, the Johnson Collection (Objects USA), the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art, and The Currier Gallery of Art. He has had his own studio since 1957, and has been named a Fellow of the American Crafts Council for his extraordinary contributions to the field. A graduate of the School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Osgood also studied in Denmark.

Designing a Chair

“Try to think of the various ways a chair will be used.
Also some thoughts on size differences of people.
It is also a given point that there must be a careful study of joinery and structure.”

Jere Osgood