antique furniture &
home accents for
the Home & Garden
Austin Antiques prides itself on a wide and varied selection of Adirondack style furniture, Adirondack chairs, wicker chairs, unique & unusual antique lawn decor such as wagons, carts, wheel barrels, horse drawn sleighs, and more. We also carry a lovely selection of beautiful teak outdoor furniture as well as country outdoor furniture.
We have at all times over 250 pieces on hand, of Adirondack teak and cedar outdoor furniture for you to choose from.
Remember the best time to buy an antique is when you see it. It may not be here when you come back next time...
We deliver in New England from Maine to Washington DC and we ship via Atlas, Mayflower, United, North American and others all over the continental USA.
History of the Adirondack Chair
The Adirondack chair has been around since the early 1900's. It has its roots in the Adirondack forest preserve in New York. Thomas Lee, the owner of the Westport Mountain Spring, first designed the original chair in 1903. Vacationing with his large family in Westport, N.Y., he wanted a truly comfortable lawn chair to furnish his summer home. He began nailing boards together and testing his prototypes with family members. Each prototype was made from a single pine plank and featured wide armrests that have become the hallmark of the Adirondack style.
After arriving at a final design for the "Westport plank chair," he offered it to Harry Bunnell, a carpenter friend in Westport, who was in need of a winter income. Bunnell quickly realized the chair was the perfect item to sell to Westport's summer residents.
Without apparently asking Lee's permission, Bunnell filed for and received a patent in 1904. Bunnell manufactured his plank chairs for the next twenty years. His chairs were all signed and made of hemlock.
Original colors were green or a medium dark brown. The Adirondack style has become the mainstay of garden furniture. Our Adirondack furniture continues a century-old tradition of comfortable furniture that complements porches, lawns, campgrounds, cabins, bed and breakfasts, and private homes. (Source: County Woodshop)
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