Byrdcliffe Arts & Crafts Colony
As noted in Popular Woodworking, furniture built by the Byrdcliffe Arts & Crafts Colony between 1903 and 1905 is rare, unusual and expensive. Instead of pricey quartersawn white oak, many Byrdcliffe pieces were built from inexpensive poplar. And instead of the fussy ammonia fuming process used by many Arts & Crafts manufacturers to color their furniture, many Byrdcliffe pieces were left uncolored to show off the grain.Scholars are unsure if Byrdcliffe furniture ever actually made it to the market. The colony was plagued by logistical problems — one of their pieces was too large to be loaded through a freight car door.