ADRIANCE CRAFT CULTURE & PADANARAM HISTORY
GARY ADRIANCE FURNITUREMAKERS has handcrafted heirloom furniture and fine cabinetry of graceful design and enduring value in Padanaram since 1983. Adriance handmade originals celebrate the natural beauty of fine wood with meticulous attention to detail and unsurpassed craftsmanship. Evoking inimitable Massachusetts pedigree, each bench-made classic is proudly built to last by skilled artisans in our South Dartmouth workshop. Not all furniture is created equal…we honor traditional mortise and tenon joinery, authentic hand sawn dovetails, yacht varnish finishes. We’re creating a family legacy to be treasured by you and generations to come.
In 1602, 18 years before the Pilgrims came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold landed at Cuttyhunk Island. He proceeded to trade with the native Wampanoags on the nearby mainland at Apponagansett, “waiting place at the ledge”. Later nicknamed Dumpling Rock, the outer point of the seaside Village of PADANARAM, Laban Thatcher’s biblical “Plain of Aram”. Southwest & by West of Cape Cod, fronting wind-shorn Buzzard’s Bay, this snug harbor of ocean-scape beauty soon engendered a wellspring of artisanal creativity. Here, Quaker Friends built salt windmills & whaling ships. In time handmade scrimshaw whale bone art, Concordia yachts, and plein-air sea paintings appeared.
Original bespoke FURNITUREMAKING arose here as well…star inlaid sea chests, ship desks with compass roses, trestle tables with crescent legs, basketweave carved chairs, urn & ball post beds …appointed with hand-carved starwheels, symbolizing harmony ‘tween heaven and earth…authentically local craft culture, the distinctive pedigree of ADRIANCE FURNITUREMAKERS.
Our furniture has been acquired by discerning customers nationwide and in these local towns.
MA: Andover, Aquinnah, Arlington, Assonet, Attleboro, Avon, Barnstable, Beacon Hill, Bellingham, Belmont, Berkeley, Berlin, Bolton, Boston, Boxborough, Braintree, Brewster, Bridgewater, Brockton, Brookline, Cambridge, Carlisle, Charlestown, Chatham, Chestnut Hill, Chilmark, Cohasset, Concord, Danvers, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dover, Duxbury, East Freetown, Edgartown, Fairhaven, Fall River, Falmouth, Framingham, Gloucester, Grafton, Harvard, Harwich, Hatfield, Hingham Holliston, Hull, Hyannis Port, Jamaica Plains, Lakeville, Lexington, Lincoln Lowell, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Marion, Marlboro, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Medfield, Melrose, Middleboro, Millis, Milton, Nantucket, Needham, New Bedford, Newbury, Newburyport, Newton, Newton Lower Falls, Newtonville, N. Abington, N. Reading, Norwell, Oak Bluffs, Onset, Orleans, Osterville Plymouth, Plympton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Rochester, Sandwich, Scituate, Sherborn, S. Natick, Sommerville, Somerset, Stowe, Sudbury, Swansea, Taunton, Tisbury, Topsfield, Upton, Vineyard Haven, Waban, Walpole, Wayland, Wareham, Watertown, Wellesley, Wellfleet, Wenham, W. Falmouth, West Roxbury, West Tisbury, Weston, Westport, Westport Point, Westwood, Winchester, Winthrop, Wollaston, Woods Hole, Yarmouth.
RI: Adamsville, Barrington, Bristol, Cranston, Cumberland, East Greenwich, Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Narragansett, Newport, North Kingston, Pawtucket, Portsmouth, Providence, Rumford, Scituate, Tiverton, Wakefield, Warren, Warwick, Westerly, Wickford.
CT: Darien, Essex, Fairfield, Farmington, Killington, Madison, Middletown, Milford, New Canaan, Norwich, Old Greenwich, Old Saybrook, Oxford, Ridgefield, Riverside, Sandy Hook, Shelton, Stamford, Stonington, West Hartford, Weston, Westport, Wethersfield
And in these states throughout the US: AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA
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