8 objects

Young girl surrounded by chair frames
Photographic Material
Young girl surrounded by chair frames

Photo by Cornett of his daughter Brenda. She is surrounded by chairs that Cornett had in progress.

Photographs by Chester Cornett
Unidentified woman sitting in chair
Photographic Material
Unidentified woman sitting in chair

Woman sitting in chair made bay Chester Cornett c. late 1950s or early 1960s.  Framed photo on wa...

Photographs by Chester Cornett
Two-in-one rocking chair by Chester Cornett
Photographic Material
Two-in-one rocking chair by Chester Cornett

Photograph by Cornett of one of his chairs. It is believed to be Cornett's first such rocker of t...

Photographs by Chester Cornett
Self-portrait of Chester Cornett and his wife Ruth, standing pose
Photographic Material
Self-portrait of Chester Cornett and his wife Ruth, standing pose

Self-portrait by Cornett with his wife Ruth. Cornett devised a way to release the camera shutter ...

Photographs by Chester Cornett
Portrait of Ruth Cornett
Photographic Material
Portrait of Ruth Cornett

Exterior portrait of Cornett's wife Ruth standing against a wooden structure.

Photographs by Chester Cornett
Image of boy in bean garden
Photographic Material
Image of boy in bean garden

Photo by Chester Cornett of Donny, his third son with wife Ruth.  According to Cornett biographer...

Photographs by Chester Cornett
Hand Carved
Audio Visual Material
Hand Carved

The 1981 release Hand Carved profiles master chairmaker Chester Cornett and documents the making ...

Chester Cornett and His Ark (silent)
Audio Visual Material
Chester Cornett and His Ark (silent)

The media on view was transferred from a videotape that was donated to Appalshop by Gurney Norman...

Chester Cornett Collection, c.1950-1981