About Chris Lehrecke
Chris Lehrecke has been designing and making furniture since 1982. While his early pieces were influenced by a number of enduring design traditions - African, Asian, Shaker, and Scandinavian - they consistently maintained a modern sensibility. A primitive quality remains evident in all the work, but so, too, does a sense of refinement in design and material. Design and fabrication have always been allies in his work, whether in limited production, or one of a kind pieces, the physical process of making his own pieces with a small group of artisans has always been es...Read More
Featured Pieces
Classic Walnut Club Chair and Ottoman with Wool Cushions
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
This Club Chair and Ottoman Set was designed soon after the classic daybed and has the same Scandinavian and African influences, as well as construction techniques. This version is s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Lounge Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Brown Finn-Ply Cabinet with Bronze Pulls and Turned Bronze Legs
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
This version of the Classic Finn Ply cabinet, has been made in the classic shade of chocolate brown. This cabinet features four banks of drawers, for a total ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Dressers
Materials
Bronze
Classic Walnut Daybed by Chris Lehrecke
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
The classic Lehrecke daybed was designed in 1996 at a time when the influences were a combination of Scandinavian and African, resulting in a primitive, yet highly refined, look. Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Daybeds
Materials
Aluminum
White Washed Oak Trestle Coffee Table
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
This trestle coffee table by Chris Lehrecke is made in white oak with a white washed finish. This version of the Trestle Coffee Table is from the 2005 Trestle Collection. The book ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
White Ash Grid Base Stools - Set of Two
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
This pair of Ash Grid Stools, by Chris Lehrecke, are from a recent run of grid stools made from ash milled on Chris Lehrecke's property in the Hudson Valley...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Stools
Materials
Linen, Ash
Skye Large Floor Lamp, with Spun Shade and Light Stone Shaped Cement Base
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
This is the large version of the sky floor lamp. The light colored cement base was made with forms taken from actual stones from the Isle of Skye. The arm is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Materials
Cement, Aluminum, Bronze
Skye Floor Lamp Medium, with Spun Bronze Shade and Dark Stone Shaped Cement Base
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
This is the medium version of the Skye floor lamp. This dark colored cement base was made with forms taken from actual stones from the Isle of Skye. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Materials
Cement, Bronze
Turned Wooden Pedestal Side Table #13 in White Catalpa
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
This newest shape was added to Lehrecke's pedestal collection in 2018. The piece was turned on a custom built lathe, set to dry for three months and then pickled and given an oil wax...
Category
2010s American Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Turned Wooden Pedestal Side Table #13 in Ebonised Catalpa
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
This newest shape was added to Lehrecke's pedestal collection in 2018. The piece was turned on a custom built lathe, set to dry for three months and then ebonised and given an oil wa...
Category
2010s American Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Turned Wooden Pedestal Side Table #13 in Catalpa
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
This newest shape was added to Lehrecke's pedestal collection in 2018. The piece was turned on a custom built lathe, set to dry for three months and then finished with an oil waxed finish. Catalpa is fast growing and locally sourced wood from the Hudson Valley. Catalpa is very stable and light in weight with a very beautiful open grain.
The inspiration for this piece, as well as the entire pedestal collection, is from African furniture...
Category
2010s American Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Turned Wooden Mini-Pedestal Table #4 in Catalpa
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
This small "mini" version of pedestal #4 in Catalpa is one of the ten original shapes in the Lehrecke Pedestal collection from 1996. The piece was turned on a custom built lathe, set to dry for three months and then finished with an ultra-matte water finish that looks very natural, while still giving it incredible protection. Catalpa wood...
Category
2010s American Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Turned Wooden Mini-Pedestal Table #6 in Cherry
By Chris Lehrecke
Located in Bangall, NY
This is a mini version of the #6 Pedestal, one of the ten original shapes in the Lehrecke Pedestal collection from 1996, is made from a beautiful cherry log, from the Hudson Valley, in New York State.
All of Lehrecke's Pedestals are made on a custom built, heavy duty lathe, in his Hudson Valley Studio. They are crafted with state of the art tools...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Benches
Materials
Cherry
