Wharton Esherick

© Estate of Wharton Esherick. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for repro…
Wharton Esherick
© Estate of Wharton Esherick. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Wharton Esherick

American designer, sculptor, and furniture maker, 1887–1970
BiographyWharton Esherick, a pioneer of the Studio Craft Movement, is renowned for his furniture and architectural elements of sensitively hand-carved wood. More interested in his craft than in publicity or volume of output, Esherick preferred to work with a small number of like-minded clients. Even so, he created hundreds of unique pieces during his lifetime and only rarely produced designs in multiple numbers.
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