Master woodworker David N. Ebner is an integral contributor to the American Studio furniture movement. Along with like-minded artisans such as George Nakashima, Sam Maloof, Arthur Espenet Carpenter and Wharton Esherick, the New York native advocates for the craft of well-made furniture that is not mass-produced. As Ebner himself has stated, “[I am] creating the antiques of tomorrow.”
Ebner was born in 1945 in Buffalo and attended the School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology. There, he studied under celebrated American furniture maker Wendell Castle who taught Ebner “the artistic approach” to woodworking. After graduating, Ebner sought to further his education at the London School of Furniture Making. Then, following a two-year stint in the US Armed Forces, he decided to pursue a career as a woodworker and furniture designer, opening a studio on Long Island, New York, in 1973.
As a devotee of Castle’s teachings of creating furniture as a form of functional art, Ebner eschewed the trend of making furniture out of plastics and other synthetic materials — which gained steam with the likes of venturesome Scandinavian modernist designer Verner Panton during the 1960s and 1970s — embracing instead the American Craftsman style that formed the basis of the American Studio furniture movement.
Working with a range of woods, Ebner has designed sculptural live-edge dining room tables, shapely bamboo stools and side tables characterized by swooping organic curves, and statement-making cabinets in lustrous sapele wood, each elegantly hand-carved. “... Each piece is treated as an art object with concern for my material and honesty to its inherent qualities,” Ebner has said. “For me, one’s creative ability is demonstrated in the diversity of the pieces and what one learns from change.”
Ebner has exhibited extensively throughout his career, including shows at the American Crafts Museum and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and the Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton. His works are in permanent collections at the Smithsonian Institute, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Wall Mirror by Studio Craft Artist David N. Ebner
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
An unusual pigmented bronze wall mirror by renowned studio Craft artist David N. Ebner. David will be selecting several pieces from his collection ...
Wood
Asian Form Mirror by Studio Craft Artist, David N. Ebner
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
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Wood
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$1,443Sale Price|30% Off
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Antique Large Florentine Carved Padauk Wall Mirror Overmantle
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$2,449 / item
H 24.41 in W 20.48 in D 1.19 in
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Art Glass, Mirror, Murano Glass
French 1950s Wicker Rattan Oval Wall Mirror
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Brass
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Chrome
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Hardwood
$5,619Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 35.44 in W 33.47 in D 1.58 in
Free form organic shaped Estremoz marble brass Powell mirror by InsidherLand
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$5,400 / item
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Roebling Wall Mirror, Ceramic & Hardwood, Organic Modern, Sculptural
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$14,336 / item
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Contemporary 'Undulate' Oval Mirror Silver Crystal and Brass by Ghirò Studio
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Gold, Brass
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$5,077 / item
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Murano Green Glass and Brass Console Mirror / Wall Mirror, 2020
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Brass
American Studio Craft Artist David N.Ebner, Lacewood Wall Mirror
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
An exceptional large mirror by American Studio Craft Artist, David N Ebner. Shown above in beautiful lacewood,with a lacquer finish.Also available in other woods and sizes on request...