Charles Limbert Arts and Craft Furniture Inspired The Limbert Shuffleboard
Charles Limbert was born in Lyonsville, Pennsylvania in 1854 and died at his home outside Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1923. He opened his furniture factory in Grand Rapids in 1902. He was one of the most successful furniture leaders in the history of Grand Rapids and the Arts and Craft movement in America. The furniture that bears his name is often some of the most extraordinary works of the arts and craft furniture ever made. To this day, it is highly sought after and thoughtfully collected. In his honor, we have named a custom Shuffleboard model we called ‘The Limbert”.
Charles Limbert collaborated with several major furniture builders and designers in Grand Rapids in the late 1800’s such as “Klingman and Limbert Chair Co” and his own furniture selling commission called “Charles P Limbert & Co”, he opened his own name brand company, the “Charles P Limbert Furniture Co” in Grand Rapids in 1902.
Grand Rapids has a rich history of early Dutch Arts and crafts furniture. Charles Limbert always used the term arts and crafts to describe his furniture and never used the word mission. He visited Europe several times and studied examples of Dutch peasant furniture. He was always acknowledging the influence of the German and Austrian Secessionists on his work.
A client of McClure Tables sent them a Pinterest page picture of the style of shuffleboard they liked and asked McClure if they could make a style like this. The team of craftsmen responded absolutely as they always do if they can have some creative liberty on the design. A few things we did not like, so we came up with our own original style.
At McClure Tables we do not just build shuffleboard tables we craft them one at a time in our Grand Rapids woodshop. We do not even use auto cad drawings these creations are done with master woodworkers who use their imagination and creativity to make the finest shuffleboard tables available in the world. We ship McClure Tables worldwide and have tables in Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Netherlands, Russia, Israel, England, and New Zealand, and if we have not mentioned your country yet then what is stopping you? Order a custom handcrafted shuffleboard table at McCluretables.com made in America and handcrafted in Michigan. This is what we crafted for our latest Shuffleboard model “The Limbert” See the photo gallery below
If you would like to see how the table came into shape and the craftsmanship that went into the design, see our video here.
We put in our creative style and designs, and this is what we came up with The Limbert Shuffleboard Table.
