Maloof Exhibit Mounted in California

Fans of furnituremaker Sam Maloof won't want to miss a new exhibit in southern California.

Now through January 30, Fine Woodworking readers in southern California are in for a real treat. San Marino's Huntington Library is currently exhibiting "The House That Sam Built," a gathering of 35 works by legendary woodworker Sam Maloof.

Of course, for any of us "mere mortals," 35 pieces of furniture might seem like a sizable collection, worthy of praise. For Sam Maloof, it was a mere drop in the bucket. So prolific was the father of the modern rocker, that at the time of his death in 2009, he still had a six year backlog of orders. Pretty lofty ambitions considering that Maloof passed away at the age of 93!

For an extensive overview of the exhibit, be sure to visit the Wall Street Journal. If Jeremy Hildreth's review in the paper's Arts & Entertainment section doesn't quite quench your thirst for all-things-Maloof, Fine Woodworking's array of Maloof retrospectives might just do the trick.

Sam Maloof's First Commission
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