Michael Stoner, cabinetmaker and chairmaker. From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: May 1, 1996| Author: Snyder, John J., Jr. | COPYRIGHT 1996 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Students and collectors of windsor furniture are familiar with 18th-century cabinetmaker and chairmaker Michael Stoner. Physical and documentary evidence show that Stoner was a chairmaker during his stay in Harrisburg, PA, before the mid-1790s.

Michael Stoner is known to collectors and students of windsor furniture through a small number of surviving chairs stamped or branded "M*STONER" (see Pl. I). The chairs shown in Plates III and VI were first published in 1982.(1) Documentary ...