Frank B Rhodes - The Garbisch Collection

- Building Notable American Furniture Since 1983 -

Read what people are saying about Frank Rhodes

UPHOLSTERY JOURNAL [November 2007]

"This antique original New York chair had seen better days when it came into Frank B. Rhodes’ furniture shop in Chestertown, Md. It now has a new lease on life with help from upholsterer Bob Sederquest. The New York-style armchair, circa 1795-1810, was designed in the style of New York City cabinetmakers Slover and Taylor. The chair itself is made of mahogany, and the pine and mahogany seat frame has vertical corner blocks of pine.... .... "

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ATTRACTIONS MAGAZINE [November 2007]

"Woodworking shops have always tickled my senses – the sweet smell of wood shavings on the floor, the smooth sound of a sharpened hand plane slicing
through a piece of walnut, and the sight of intricately patterned cane being rewoven on the seat of a chair. I was reminded of childhood memories of my randfather’s
woodworking shop while recently visiting the shop of
Chestertown furniture maker Frank B. Rhodes, Jr... .... "

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WOODWORK [June 2007]

"Recently I attended a seminar on carving the Philadelphia cartouche. The workshop was fascinating, but of course it could only service to introduce the subject. I wanted to learn more.. .... "

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Chesapeake Business Ledger [May 2007]

Wherever Frank B. Rhodes Jr. goes he gets the same ques tions. People always ask him to look at their furniture and to give them advice on restoration and conservation. Rhodes, who has operated Frank B.
Rhodes — Furniture Maker since 1983, compares the questions he gets to how a doctor gets health questions at dinner parties or in the grocery store.

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Fine Woodworking (June 2006)

Better Homes and Gardens - DECORATING (Spring 1994)

"Frank Rhodes, Jr., who handcrafted the furniture in this “withdrawing room,” takes his inspiration from the exquisite antiques that surrounded him as a child; his grandparents—after whom his Garbisch collection is named—amassed an impressive collection."

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Washington College Magazine (Spring 1999)

"George and Barbara Bush and Dr. James Watson were the first guests to use Washington College’s new podium—a wooden lectern literally carved out of one of the College’s most cherished traditions.
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Chester County Town & Country Living (Summer 2004)

"Maybe the reason I’m so attracted to Philadelphia Chippendale period furniture because I was born in Philly,” joked Frank Rhodes recently. Although born in a Philadelphia hospital, he grew up in Newtown Square. Frank attended the Hill School in Pottstown where he took wood shop. He enjoyed it a great deal, beginning his interest in woodworking."

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Home & Design Magazine [late Winter 2004]

"Frank Rhodes is a craftsman and a scholar, a woodworker of distinction and a lover of the classic designs of colonial furniture. In his Chestertown, Maryland, studio, he is listening carefully to the two women who have entrusted a family piece to him for restoration. .... "

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Early Homes (Summer 2005)