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Eustis Chair is an owner-operated manufacturer of hardwood chairs for libraries, dining halls, function rooms, and religious spaces. Our chairs are designed for elegance and comfort, and engineered for lasting durability. They are built by American craftsmen in our 100 year-old factory, located in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, the birthplace of American chair manufacturing.

• Traditional stretcher chairs of timeless design, using mortise & tenon joinery and hardwood dowel locking pins to insure durability and longevity.
• Contemporary chairs with clean, simple lines, built with the patented Eustis JointŪ, and warranted for a full 20 years.
• Stacking hardwood chairs that offer elegance, comfort, and functionality that is simply not possible without our patented Eustis JointŪ.
• Total project capability, from design and prototype to delivery and set up in the client location.
• A commitment to complete customer satisfaction

History of Eustis Chair

Fred and William Eustis

Eustis Enterprises, Inc. was started in 1989 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, by William E. C. Eustis. At age 69, this was Bill's fourth entrepreneurial venture, and his third in the wood products industry. Joined in 1993 by his son, Fred, they soon found themselves building top-quality dining chairs for one of America's most demanding furniture manufacturers. The company developed a reputation for craftsmanship and customer satisfaction, and that reputation led to a contract to build 650 antique reproduction chairs for Harvard University's renovation of Memorial Hall. The success of that project led to further chair contracts, and a new business concept began to develop. At about this time, Fred purchased the business from his father, with a commitment that Bill would stay on for several years as a member of the Board of Advisors.

Robert H. Eustis

Eustis Designs, Inc. was started in 1990 in Palo Alto, California, by Professor Robert H. Eustis. At age 70, Bob had recently retired from a distinguished Engineering career at Stanford University, and set out to apply his insights to the tradition-bound area of furniture manufacturing. He soon developed a method of joining two pieces of wood using concealed steel rods and aerospace-grade epoxies. This technique, for which he was awarded a patent in 1997, allowed Eustis Designs to build hundreds of elegant chairs for universities and libraries throughout California without a single joint failure. Fred learned of the existence of Eustis Designs in early 1999, and saw the great potential of Bob's patented joint to his new business concept. 18 months later, Eustis Enterprises acquired the patent rights to the technology we now call the Eustis JointŪ

Eustis Chair is the trade name we now use for the business that emerged in the new millennium. All non-chair manufacturing was eliminated, and the new company began to create a line of elegant hardwood chairs that are engineered to withstand decades of abuse in busy libraries and university dining halls. From 2000 to 2005, Eustis Chair added over 25 new chair designs, and completed over 50 projects for public libraries and universities, more than half of which were Eustis JointŪ chairs. More and more architects, designers, and institutional buyers are beginning to recognize the Eustis Chair name, and to know that it stands for distinctive hardwood chairs that truly meet the test of time.

And yes, Fred, Bill, and Bob Eustis are related; they are 7th cousins, direct descendants of William Eustis, born in 1661 in what is now Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Eustis Chair P.O. Box 842 Ashburnham, MA 01430

TEL (978) 827-3103 FAX (978) 827-3040 sales@eustischair.com