Company founded
1859
Description
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. By the early 1900's, the rare skills of this master were employed in the restoration of many foreign Windsor Chairs and Settees, and his time was freely given to training an only son, W.J. Duckloe- who made his mark by making in solid woods many fine reproduction pieces including fine hand-turned high poster beds, bureaus, chests, tables and a great variety of choice pieces that required sharply-cut...