PATINA July 12, 2026 Meeting featuring Carl Maples, SAPFM
The July 2026 in-person CLUB meeting in McLean VA, will be SUNDAY July 12. Start time is 9:00am.
The guest Speaker will be Carl Maples, who has been has been making or restoring furniture as a hobby since he was a teenager.
For our July program, Carl will give a presentation on the research he conducted on a set of twelve late 18th century Virginia upcountry mahogany federal side chairs, originally made for Carter Hall in Clarke County. The research involved examining two of the chairs located in museums and one located at the Clermont Farm Historic Site in Clarke County. A fourth chair currently in a private collection was examined through photographs taken during an earlier museum examination. The inspection of the chairs was to determine if the chairs were from the same set and possibly made by the same chairmaker. After measuring the chairs, a mahogany copy was made with hand tools, and the seat was covered with period correct upholstery. An article on the project was published in the 2025 edition of American Period Furniture, the Journal of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers.
Carl Maples is a retired airline pilot. He has been making or restoring furniture as a hobby since he was a teenager. He is a member of the Society of American Period furniture Makers (SAPFM) and works primarily with hand tools. For 20 years he has volunteered at the Burwell Morgan Mill historic site in Millwood Virginia where he demonstrates hand tool woodworking. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Clermont Farm state historic site in Clarke County Virginia.
Carl Maples
As always, we will use the upper lot only for tailgating. Please park in the lower lot if you are not planning to set up a table. Start time: 9:00am for tailgating. If there are enough consignments to have a mini-auction, it would take place after tailgating, approximately 11am.