Living History Shop

We hand-build 18th century travel furnishings and field equipage to your specifications.

The Living History Shop works in close collaboration with historic sites as well as the Smithsonian Museum to research and reproduce unusual and challenging examples of historic technology specific to the 1740-1790 time period.

Because of the increasing complexity and scope of our projects, we will no longer be printing a catalog. Simply call or email us with your needs or to obtain current prices and delivery schedule.

Curators of historic sites can obtain — with permission from sites in possession — reproductions of some of George Washington’s personal campaign furniture and accessories, including his: Folding Field Bedsteads, Mess Kit, Stool, Liquor Chest, Shaving Kit, large Storage Box, Luggage and Writing Case.

All items are made from original examples I have seen and documented and employ construction details of the original. Iron keyed locks are used on chest lids and drawers. Hand forged iron work is made to our specifications by Jeff Miller (Flintlock Forge).

Examples include:

• Wooden chests with dovetail or lap joints, forged iron or rope handles, snipe or strap hinges, painted or not
• Pine topped tables with scissor leg or sawbuck design (2″ X-legs with streacher between)
• Pine plank benches
• Pine bench Shaving Horse
• Red oak open frame wheelbarrows with solid (non-spoked) wheel standard
• Red oak standard size ( 1 3/4″ thick frame) four spoke wheelbarrows with or without sides 1/2″ thick
• White oak heavy duty wheelbarrows using 2″ thick stock for frame and 3/4″ thick sides and bottom – four spoke wheel
• 17-18th century Miner Style Wheelbarrow (from Diderot) with four spoked wheel in red or white oak 3/4″ sides
• Walnut folding officers bedstead in single or double width complete with bed curtains, mattress, and storage chest
• Walnut officers grade Chippendale style folding table with matching upholstered stool including custom canvas case
• Walnut or maple Georgian period folding chair upholstered in leather
• The best wooden handled table top brazier made
• Officer grade Mess Kit Canteen
• Wine crates with or without blown bottles
• Wine chest with blown bottles and glasses of officer grade in iron clasped walnut and with hand made lock
• Sundry small items such as lidded pine Tavern Tankards, Tape Looms, and curly maple Lanterns