Westport Chair Plan

This design is often confused with what is known as an Adirondack chair-that angular classic and ubiquitous icon with slatted seat and back. Unlike the Adirondack chair, however, the Westport chair is certifiably Adirondack. It was patented in 1904 by Harry Bunnell, a carpenter in Westport, N.Y., a village on the shores of Lake Champlain. Bunnell's design shares an assertive plainness with the Craftsman furniture produced by Gustav Stickley and others during the same period. Original examples, identified by the maker's stamp on the back, have become collector's items. Drawing size 30 inches X 42 inches, one sheet.