In the beginning there was the Westport chair. Designed by Thomas Lee at his shop on Lake Champlain around 1905. It is considered the great grand daddy of today's Adirondack chairs. Today I am building my Weekender chairs with the same spirit. Lee was a tinkerer.He would come up with a design he liked and had members of his family give him feedback until he got the angles just right. My chairs were designed in much the same way with a keen ear to customer needs and wants. I have come up some changes to the Westport design in order to fit the 21st century American body. We aren't getting any thinner are we? But I think you'll agree the Westport and the Weekender are indeed kindred spirits.
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