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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American Studio Craft Artist David N. Ebner's Free Edge End Table
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
American studio craft artist David N. Ebner's handcrafted free edge end table/side table, crafted in elm burl, with hand-cut dovetails and bronzing powder lacquered base. Crafted to ...
Walnut
David N. Ebner, Studio Craft Artist, Wine Table in Pigmented Walnut
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
Simple elegance 'Wine Table' in pigmented walnut by Studio Craft Artist David N. Ebner. Also available in other woods. Please see the newly published book "David Ebner: Studio Fur...
Walnut
Maison Jansen Occasional Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in East Hampton, NY
Elegant marble-top table with a steel and brass base in the French Regency style.
Marble, Brass, Steel
Superb David N. Ebner Studio Craft Tripod Table
By Dean Santner, George Nakashima, Wendell Castle, David Ebner
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
$938
H 19.89 in Dm 13.78 in
Vintage Mahogany Carved Legs Pie Crust Edge Tripod Lamp Side End Wine Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely vintage light Mahogany Pie crust edge lamp or side table. It has a lovely flamed mahogany top A good-looking well-made tripod table in goo...
Mahogany
$5,975
H 28 in Dm 28 in
Art Deco Gueridon Table in Book-Matched Walnut, Lacquered Legs & Nickel Sabots
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Art Deco Gueridon table was realized in France circa 1935. It features a four-pointed base in bookmatched walnut capped on the ends with brushed nickel sabots. Four streamlined supports ascend upwards in black lacquer where they connect with the circular top in walnut (showcasing the dramatic natural grain bookmatched in a starburst patter). With its iconically Art Deco materials...
Nickel
York End Table by Raul Carrasco, Hand-Crafted Oak, Espresso Finish
Located in New York, NY
The "York" end or side table, hand-made in America and designed by New York designer Raul Carrasco. Solid oak top with curved legs that support a lower open shelf for a clean, elegan...
Oak
Midcentury Organic Modern Live Edge Walnut Side or End Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An awesome studio made walnut burl side table. It features a thick cut of walnut with beautiful graining. A truly one of a kind piece.
Wood, Walnut, Burl
Richard Schultz for Knoll Petal Table, 1960s
By Knoll, Richard Schultz
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Richard Schultz for Knoll Petal Table label below painted metal base
Iron
Mahogany Faux Bamboo Galleried Leather Top Gueridon Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Beautiful faux bamboo mahogany gueridon Bouillotte style with leather top with brass pierced gallery. Very good condition. Measures 18.25" in diameter and stands 28" tall. W605...
Metal
Vintage French Guéridon Table after Adam Weisweiler
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in Forney, TX
A very fine quality French gueridon, exceptionally executed in the manner of the original design by Adam Weisweiler (1744-1820). Finished in sophis...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Labarge Hooved, Six-Leg Brass and Glass Side Table
By LaBarge
Located in Chicago, IL
Solid brass Labarge six leg side table with hooved feet. Reverse hexafoil stretcher connected with cuffs and spacers. 1/2" thick glass top with beveled edge.
Brass
Lane Mid Century Walnut and Live Edge Mid Century Side End Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Lane mid century walnut and live edge mid century side end table End table measures: 23.5 wide x 29.5 deep x 20 inches high All pieces of fur...
Walnut
American Single Drawer Rustic End Table, 20th Century
Located in Southampton, NY
American single drawer rustic end table, 20th century. Charming simple rustic table with clean lines, tapered legs, and a round brass knob. Some separation to the top. Knicks and we...
Brass
Vintage David N. Ebner Red Oak Side Table
By David N. Ebner
Located in Bellport, NY
An early David N. Ebner red oak side or occasional table. Solid red oak with high definition, also available in other woods. Note: All works signed by the artist, David N Ebner. Pl...
Wood, Oak