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    CFT 155 - Classic American Chair Designs

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    Class Size
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    Credits
    2–4
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    Chair making which emphasizes the use of traditional chair making tools to shape raw wood into chair parts. Topics include the history of Windsor and Ladder Back chair designs, harvesting raw materials from a tree, proper sharpening of the hand tools, shaping, steam bending, kiln drying and assembling the chair parts, seat weaving and traditional finishing appropriate to each chair style.