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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Ziricote Hall or Console Table by David N. Ebner
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
A ziricote console table by internationally renowned studio craft artist David N. Ebner. Wood choice and table size will determine cost. Note: All works signed by the artist, Davi...
Wood, Ziricote
David N. Ebner Pomele and Sapele Wood Hall or Sofa Table
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
A console table or sofa table by studio craft artist David N. Ebner. The above woods are sapele and pomele woods, size and wood type will determine cost. Note: All works signed by...
$12,500 / item
Zebra Wood Console by Studio Craft Artist David N. Ebner
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
Handcrafted in the studio furniture movement style by internationally renowned studio Craft artist David N. Ebner. Shown in zebra wood; other woods available on request although pric...
Bronze
American Studio Craft Artist, David N. Ebner's Console Table
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
Superb form and elegance in this Afromosia console table by American Studio Craft artist, David N. Ebner. Presently in Afromosia wood but can be or...
Wood
$2,300
H 28 in W 50 in D 16 in
Hollywood Regency Tessellated Stone or White Marble Console Table or Sofa Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage stone veneer console table from the 1980's. It features off white colored stone with inlayed brass detail.
Stone, Marble
Superb David N. Ebner Studio Craft Tripod Table
By David Ebner, Dean Santner, George Nakashima, Wendell Castle
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Exceptional midcentury styled tripod table with incredible figuring, likely a tropical hardwood, featuring circular dished top raised on a stylized one-piece tripod base, monogrammed...
Hardwood
Custom Baroque-Style Wrought Iron Console Table or Server Base
Located in Sheffield, MA
The long baroque style metal console or sofa table has a brushed gold gilt finish and is handcrafted with elegant scroll-work and detailing. The feet have flat iron pads. The console is newly made from antique fencing...
Iron
English Arts & Crafts Console Table / Desk
Located in Leicester, GB
A beautiful Arts & Crafts console or a side table / small desk / work table. The antique console table has many beautiful details such as the splayed, shaped legs and the routed edge...
Beech
Mastercraft Burnished Brass and Glass Console Sofa Hall Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mastercraft burnished brass and glass 60" long console sofa hall table. Item features a burnished brass finish, inset beveled glass top, clean modernist lines, quality craftsmanship,...
Brass
Vintage American Walnut Console Table
Located in Southampton, NJ
An elegant single drawer Walnut console table with brass gallery, new custom glass top boasting elegant aesthetics & Transitional practicality.
Brass
$2,300
H 29 in W 42 in D 20 in
Mid-Century Italian Post Modern Gray Marble Console Table or Sofa Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A stunning and simple modern console table from Italy circa 1970's. It consists of heavy grey solid marble. Beautiful veining in marble.
Marble
$2,700
H 45 in W 54 in D 23.5 in
Antique French Table Hall Entry Console Sofa Table Two Drawers Oak C. 1890s
Located in Tyler, TX
CHARMING Antique French Renaissance revival oak entry, hall table, sofa table or console with drawers ~~c. 1890s Charming table with two drawers and carved crown~~perfect for use ...
Oak
Phillip Modern Walnut Console or Entryway Table
By Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Phillip console by Crump and Kwash Solid wood case with continuous waterfall grain / blackened steel pulls and base / hand shaped walnut feet / natural oil finish / soft close drawers...
Wood, Maple, Oak, Walnut
Custom Mahogany Wood Barley Twist Console by Dos Gallos Studio
By Dos Gallos Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom console in light mahogany with medium distress. Beautifully turned legs and stretchers. Can be made in any size and finish in mahogany, oak and walnut. Made in Los Angeles b...
Mahogany, Walnut
$1,650Sale Price|25% Off
H 29.5 in W 60 in D 18 in
Sculptural Hollywood Palm Regency Entry Hall Console Table Tropical Banana Leaf
By Serge Roche, Dorthy Draper
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Fabulous Hollywood Palm Regency console sofa table featuring a tropical banana leaf design. This dramatic sculptural table has a matte cream/white finish with a removable beveled cle...
Composition
English Console or Sofa Table of Mahogany on Turned Legs
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome English console or sofa table of mahogany, from the late 19th century, featuring a rectangular moulded top over a frieze of four turned baluster legs.
Mahogany, Wood
David N. Ebner, Studio Craft Artist, Amber Bamboo Console & Mirror
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
A Wonderful Amber Bamboo Console Table and Mirror from designer & Studio Craft Artist David Ebner. The mirror measures 25'H X 45' W .The console measurements are shown below, both pi...
Bamboo