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About Furniture Master

Richard Oedel

As a furniture designer and maker for over 20 years, I also come from an engineering and business background. The development and construction of form has always fascinated me, while living in Salem Massachusetts for many years instilled in me an appreciation and respect for the custom wood furniture builders of the 17th and 18th centuries, who lived and worked only steps from my front door. Then splitting my time between Boston and Wolfeboro NH, I developed an international following.

Now full time in my studio and workshop in Wolfeboro NH, I’m crafting work that is unique and exciting, while mentoring the next generation of makers.

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Oedel TJ chair PRINT

Exhibitions, venues and collections

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  • Massachusetts Historical Society

  • The Fells – Newport NH

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

  • Castle in the Clouds – Moultonboro, NH

  • Society of Arts and Crafts – Boston

  • League of NH Craftsmen Gallery – Concord, NH

  • Boston Museum of Fine Arts

  • Fuller Craft Museum – 400 years of Massachusetts Furniture

  • Providence Fine Furniture Show

  • CraftBoston

  • Boston Architectural Center/College

  • The Cyclorama – Boston

  • Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

  • Canterbury Shaker Village

  • Furniture Society “Curv-iture” Exhibit

    • Savannah College of Art and Design
    •  Denver Museum of Art – Airport
    • Gallery of Art and Design – Raleigh/Durham
    • Florida Craftsmen Gallery
    • Hickory Museum of Art – NC
    • Houston Centre for Contemporary Craft

  • Boston Athenaeum St. Botolph Club

  • Boston Innovation and Design Building

  • Boston North Bennet Street School Gallery

  • Trinity Church Boston

  • Currier Museum of Art

  • New Hampshire Art Association

  • 3S ArtSpace – Portsmouth NH

  • Moffatt-Ladd House – Portsmouth NH

  • Sharon Arts Center – NH Institute of Art – Peterborough NH

  • Gallery at Frenchman’s Bay – Bar Harbor

  • Gallery at Somes Sound – Mount Desert, ME

  • Messler Gallery – Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, ME

  • New Hampshire Historical Society

  • Lamont Gallery – Phillips Exeter Academy

  • Kimball-Kenkins School of Art, Concord NH

  • Institute of Art and Design - New England College

     

Publications

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