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| Keywords: rustic furniture rusticfurniture adirondack furniture adirondackfurniture birch bark birchbark mosaic twig mosaictwig applied birch bark appliedbirchbark great camp furniture greatcampfurniture adirondack adirondacks ADK craftsmen fashioned pieces using natural materials close to their original form. The result was a unique furniture style and decor that reflects the serenity, beauty and indelible power of natural surroundings by bringing the colors, textures and materials of the earth indoors. It stirs and awakens our lost connection with the natural world. Pictured in this historic photograph is skilled rustic furniture craftsman George Wilson posing by a half-finished table with inlaid mosaic twigwork. George was also a gardener at Great Camp Sagamore around 1910, and then was employed at Kamp Kill Kare just down the road by 1917. ADK craftsmen fashioned pieces using natural materials close to their original form. The result was a unique furniture style and decor that reflects the serenity, beauty and indelible power of natural surroundings by bringing the colors, textures and materials of the earth indoors. It stirs and awakens our lost connection with the natural world. Pictured in this historic photograph is skilled rustic furniture craftsman George Wilson posing by a half-finished table with inlaid mosaic twigwork. George was also a gardener at Great Camp Sagamore around 1910, and then was employed at Kamp Kill Kare just down the road by 1917. | ||||
