Seven win Fine Furnishings awards

The winners in the 2006 Fine Furnishings Milwaukee Show were:

Best of Show — Furniture

• Contemporary category: R. Thomas Tedrowe, Tedrowe Furniture Studio, Columbus, Ind.

• Traditional category: Brian Boggs, Brian Boggs Chairmakers, Berea, Ky.

Body of Work

• Contemporary category: Anne Bossert, Anne Bossert Fiber Art & Furniture, Fort Collins, Colo.

• Traditional category: Alan Young, Woodward Woodworks, Ypsilanti, Mich.

Best of Show — Accessories:

• Roberta Elliott, The Velvet Hammer, Cobden, Ill.

Best of Show — Fine Art:

• James Borden, Timeshapes, Zumbrota, Minn.

Marc Harrison Award for Marketing Excellence:

• Gary Keener, G. Keener Co., New Carlisle, Ohio

 

These two pieces were judged Best of Show at the Fine Furnishing Milwaukee Show in September. At left, a cabinet by R. Thomas Tedrowe of Columbus, Ind. At right, a chair — featuring an iron ebonized white oak and woven hickory bark seat and back — by Brian Boggs of Berea, Ky.