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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Beitel Dining Table by American Studio Craft Artist David N. Ebner
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
Elegant and beautifully crafted dining room table by American studio Craft artist David N. Ebner. Shown in walnut wood, however other woods are available (price may vary with size an...
Studio Crafted Dining Room Table or Desk
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
This table can be crafted to any size; the size showing is eight feet long. Made of solid walnut wood, showing knots and matched grain, alternate woods available. On request, price ...
Walnut
Lerner Dining Room Table by American Studio Craft Artist David N. Ebner
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
A magnificent table designed by internationally renowned American Studio Craft Artist, David N. Ebner. Made from American walnut and wenge woods. Bookmatched on all sides, with blued...
Walnut, Wenge
$36,000 / item
David N Ebner, Curley Ash Live Edge Dining Table, 2016
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
A large curley ash live edge dining room table by David Ebner of Bellport. There are two sets of book matched tops available.( never ident...
Maple
Teak and Steel Desk or Table by American Studio Craft Artist, David N. Ebner
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
Industrial steel and teak desk or table by American studio craft artist David N. Ebner. Can be crafted to any specification. Note: All works signed by the artist, David N. Ebner. ...
Steel
David N. Ebner Makore Wood Dining Room or Conference Table,
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
A magnificent one of a kind dining room table or conference room table by studio Craft artist David N. Ebner. This table is cut from o...
Wood
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
Danish Large Dining or Conference Table in Oregon Pine
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Conference or large dining table, Oregon pine, Denmark, 1960s Impressive in its size, this Danish table can be used in multiple settings. As a very large dining table to fit many r...
Pine
$6,800Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 29.5 in W 42 in D 96 in
Contemporary Solid White Oak Dining or Conference Table
By Klein Agency
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dinners are our favorite. We love having them, hosting them, laughing around during them, cleaning up after them. This is what our dining table is and means to us. The solid white oak...
Wood, Oak
Coast Table, Minimalist Desk or Dining Table (51", 66")
By Sun at Six
Located in San Jose, CA
The Coast Table was designed as a quiet, humble table, with beauty in the details. We aimed to emphasize the quality and character of the wood, and let the craftsmanship speak. It's ...
Oak
Coast Table Square, Minimalist Dining Table or Desk
By Sun at Six
Located in San Jose, CA
The square version of the Coast Table – we’ve tried to create a quiet, humble table, with the beauty in its details. With this piece, we tried to emphasize the quality and character ...
Oak
$4,037Sale Price|40% Off
H 29.14 in W 78.75 in D 39.38 in
Amazing Italian Desk or Dining Table by Guglielmo Ulrich
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful organic shaped walnut base and silvered glass top. I was not able to get a good picture of the top.
Walnut
70's Tobacco Leaf Dining Table or Desk
By Milo Baughman, Aldo Tura
Located in Miami, FL
Textural, organic, and terribly chic. This 70's dining table or desk is sheathed in tobacco leaves and given a acrylic finish to complement its sleek simplicity.
Acrylic, Wood
First Light Entry or Dining Table by Muhly Studio
By Muhly
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The First Light Table was designed in collaboration with the opening of the eponymous independent bookstore in Austin, TX. An impactful entry or dining table First Light is detailed ...
Mahogany
Italian Midcentury Dining or Conference Table, 1950s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Hugh wooden table with beautiful and particular details in the style of Gianfranco Frattini. Excellent craftsmanship in very good original condition with small signs of wear, please have a look to all pictures. More pictures are available. Could be used as conference table as well as big dining table...
Plywood
$6,800
H 29.75 in W 70.5 in D 41 in
Stunning Emerald Green Marinace Marble Dining or Conference Table or Desk
By Mario Bellini, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Hudson, NY
Breathtaking emerald green marinace marble dining table. This sturdy stone heavy has simple lines with a color and patterned marble which is anything but simple. This table is the su...
Stone, Marble
Lacquered Desk or Dining Table by Jacques Jarrige
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
Luca is an elegant and sculptural piece by Jacques Jarrige that functions equally well as a refined desk or a small dining table. Hand-carved and finished in lustrous lacquer, the pi...
Scrap Wood
1970S Swedish Chunky Pine Dining Table Or Desk
Located in London, London
Dining table or desk Pine Simple chunky style Sweden 1970s
Pine
Dining Room/Desk by American Studio Craft Artist David N. Ebner.
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
A magnificent table or desk designed by internationally renowned American Studio Craft Artist David N. Ebner. Made from American Walnut and Wenge woods. Book matched on all sides,wit...
Sold
H 30 in W 84 in D 40 in
Teak & Steel Dining Table/Desk by American Studio Craft Artist, David N. Ebner
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
Industrial Steel and Teak dining room table (or desk) by American Studio Craft Artist David N. Ebner. Can be crafted to your specifications. Note: All works signed by the artist, ...
Teak
A Spectacular Dining Table by American Studio Craft Artist, David N. Ebner
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
A dining room or center table from American Studio Craft Artist, David N. Ebner. Reverse diamond pattern top. Crafted in Ovangkol (Mozambique) wood, seats 4 to 6. Other wood choices ...
A Spectacular Dining Table by American Studio Craft Artist, David N. Ebner
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
A dining room or center table from American Studio Craft Artist, David N. Ebner. Reverse diamond pattern top. Crafted in Ovangkol (Mozambique) wood; seats 4 to 6. Other wood choices ...