Good news: Alexander Brothers is now selling a new stick chair kit for the Curved Back Armchair in “The Stick Chair Book.” The kit supplies all the parts you need in red elm (my favorite chair wood) for $295. The kit will also build the similar Irish armchair featured in Fine Woodworking magazine last year.
Alexander Brothers does a fantastic job of selecting straight grain for the sticks and legs. I trust them to pick wood for me. So if finding the wood for a stick chair has been holding you back from building one, this kit can fix that problem.
Alexander Brothers carries kits for many chairs and even Megan’s Dutch tool chest. Here’s a link to see the other kits.
— Christopher Schwarz
Sorry if I missed this somewhere along the line, but is the Curved-Back Armchair the same thing as the Gibson chair? Or maybe a slight variation thereof? I have not seen any references to the Gibson Chair in a while.
Two quick questions:
(Sorry if this has already been answered elsewhere) What is the difference between the curved back chair in the book and the FWW Irish chair?
Can anyone share examples or at least describe how the red elm works with cherry? I have a desk (slightly modified worktable) made from cherry and have been thinking of a chair to go with it. I like the chair style, but am unsure how the woods will look together.