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SilverRiverChairs

4th generation chair nerd on a mission to revive the ancient and global art of chair caning and seat weaving. Silver River Center for Chair Caning, the only chair caning school & museum in North America, run with co-nerd and husband, Dave Klingler. New public art installation: The Chair Arch, based on the historical chair arch tradition of High Wycombe, UK. The chair arch resides in the garden outside the museum.

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Asheville, North Carolina

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Silver River Center for Chair Caning

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Asheville, North Carolina

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