About Us
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In the small town of Portland Pennsylvania, there is a family business with one of the most respected names in the history of American Furniture. Frederick Duckloe & Brothers, where traditional American Windsor furniture has been a family tradition since 1859. In a high-technology society where computers and sophisticated machines are more responsible for producing most of the furniture purchased by American public than are human hands, it's rare indeed to find a company that still prides itself on the meticulous craftsmanship of past years that is necessary to manufacture fine, hand-crafted furniture.
But there is a small, colonial furniture manufacturing firm tucked away in Portland, Pennsylvania, a village near the Delaware Water Gap, that today employs 28 talented artisans |
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and their apprentices who continue to be firmly committed to a 133-year-old tradition of manufacturing some of the finest hand-crafted Windsor furniture reproductions that can be purchased in America today. ___________________________________________________ |
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Why Us
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The Duckloe company began in 1859 when master craftsman, Frederick Duckloe, fashioned by his hands, the spokes, rims hubs, frame and the entire carcass of his first passenger carriage.
He spent many productive years filling the demands of his carriage customers, but he also experimented with the making of Windsor Chairs from available sketches and drawings of the great English masters. Plain and fancy Windsors soon replaced his carriage sales, and many of the models he made during the last part of the 19th century now are sought after as original antiques by today's serious collectors.
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Duckloe has a rich history that spans several decades. In 1980, the Smithsonian Institution requested Duckloe to reproduce a circa-1800 chair from its National Museum of American History. Made of mahogany, ash, hickory, maple and poplar woods, the resulting Philadelphia-style Windsor features a steam-bent bow, scrolled arm tips and bamboo turnings on the spindles, stretchers, and legs. Sold exclusively through the Smithsonian, it is shown in the Institution's Catalog. In 1988 SPNEA - The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities commissioned Frederick Duckloe & Bros., to be the exclusive makers of all Windsor chair reproductions for their museum. Duckloe Brothers now offer two distinctive New England Comb Back Windsors faithfully copied from the original. Both models are branded and serial numbered for the discriminating collector. |
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Design Services
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Duckloe Brothers is proud to offer interior design services, spearheaded by Cindy Scanlon. Cindy is a certified designer from the Metropolitan School of Design in New York. Cindy has accumulated over 18 years of experience in this field, working with national firms such as Hendredon and Ethan Allen.
The service provides either a sketch or scaled floor plan showing furniture arrangement, color charts and samples of upholstery, draperies and wall coverings. The proposals include cost projections. |
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