UPDATED 2024-12-06: Jeff Headley’s – Mastering 17th and 18th Century Cabinetry Seminar

16 Nov. 2024: We’ve added photos of the pieces Jeff will bring to the seminar.  Scroll down…

Jeff Headley’s – Mastering 17th and 18th Century Cabinetry Seminar

The Education and Presentation Committees are pleased to announce this Friday, 5-hour seminar by Jeff Headley, who specializes in building and restoring pre-1820 American furniture, will explore in depth the construction and design of period furniture using special built knock-down period pieces at the seminar.  This seminar will go into much greater detail on more pieces of furniture, more in depth discussion and an up close view  not possible in a one hour presentation.  Detailed pictures and notes will be made available to the participants the following week for reference.

Jeff is a fourth-generation cabinet maker who continues the family business legacy, Mack S. Headley and Sons, located in the Shenandoah Valley. 

Woodworkers can learn a great deal from 17th and 18th century furniture including advanced joinery techniques like mortise and tenon construction, the use of traditional hand tools, emphasis on quality materials, and thoughtful design principles based on proportion and function.  Jeff will discuss how to design and create beautiful, lasting pieces with unique decorative elements specific to different historical styles. He will demonstrate the construction of a Federal tea table, Chippendale chest, Highboy, and Federal bowfront sideboard. By showing furniture that completely comes apart, Jeff will highlight the joinery needed to build each piece.

Jeff has written for Fine Woodworking, American Period Furniture, demonstrated on the Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill, and lectured to many organizations and museums, including Colonial Williamsburg, Mount Vernon, and The Society of American Period Furniture Makers. Jeff has also worked for many museums, such as Mount Vernon, The Carlyle House, Mosby Tavern, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The White House for over 40 years, and The U.S. Park Service. He was featured in The Difference Makers, published by The Lost Art Press.

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