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
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
$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
$3,900
H 34 in W 56 in D 21 in
Mid Century Rattan Modern Faux Split Reed & Bamboo Console Table or Sofa Table
By Danny Ho Fong
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An usual vintage console table from the 1970's. Geometric design in split bamboo clad. In the style of Danny Ho Fong.
Wood, Laminate
$7,950
H 29.5 in W 34.5 in D 17 in
David Ebner Wall-Mounted Console Table in Australian Lacewood Studio Craft
By David N. Ebner
Located in San Diego, CA
There are furniture makers, and then there are those rare individuals who treat wood the way a sculptor treats marbel — coaxing form from the material rather than imposing it. David ...
Wood
$2,200
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
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
$3,200Sale Price|23% Off
H 27.5 in W 51.5 in D 15.5 in
Mid Century Organic Modern Faux Bamboo and Burl Console Table or Sofa Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An usual vintage console table from the 1970's. It features a textured relief side with step design and a burl top.
Wood
$7,500 / item
H 30 in W 96 in D 20 in
Live Edge Urban Walnut + Cast Bronze Console Table Lake House Pedestal Table
By Alabama Sawyer
Located in Birmingham, AL
In collaboration with local metal artists and the bounty of Alabama's urban forest, this bronze pedestal console table base combines both modern and traditional production technologies. The marriage of walnut and bronze results in an irresistible pairing for a variety of uses in your home, lake house or interior design project. Choose from quick-ship, live edge, solid wood tops or specify a custom dimension for a narrow sofa table or entry way console table...
Bronze
Dos Gallos Custom Sofa Back Table or Console
By Dos Gallos Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom console or sofa back able in reclaimed wood As shown here in espresso finish. Natural distress of old wood. Can be made in any size and in a variety of finishes, and with diff...
Oak, Walnut, Fir
$4,950 / item
H 32 in W 18 in D 72 in
Narrow Console Table in Solid Wood and Modern Steel Base by Alabama Sawyer
By Alabama Sawyer
Located in Birmingham, AL
We call our narrow console table in solid wood and modern steel base the "Studio Table". Shown here in hickory, it adds warmth and function to a modern style room. We can also make t...
Steel
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
Walnut Console Table, Made to Order by Petersen Antiques
By Petersen Antiques
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This walnut console table is seen here in 65" x 20" x 34" H however it can be ordered in any size. Because each table is bench-made in our own Los Angeles workshop you can influenc...
Walnut