Making furniture is my occupation, but more than that it is my art form. The majority of my work will exist much longer than I, and speak to more people. This awareness explains why I am so careful about what my art expresses.
You won't see my furnishings in a furniture store and may not find them through your decorator because I sell directly through my store in Washington, Virginia. Yet, these are some of the highest quality, best designed furniture pieces being created in this country today. Their prices are based on their level of craftsmanship but do not include the costs of promotion and mark ups of the traditional marketing system. Your dollars buy uniqueness and provide valuable American treasures for future generations. A free 20 page portfolio which presents a 29 year retrospective of my designs is available upon request.
Reviews
".....Mr. Kramer has created an extraordinary collection of reproduction furniture for the store (Bloomingdales). He puts his own interpretation into everything he makes but the realism is there in the softly glowing finish and the hand planned surfaces....."
— The New York Times
"It is this attention to detail, the hand-planing of carefully selected wood, and the instinctive concept of each piece that sets Kramer's furniture in a class of its own."
— Cape Cod Life
"Kramer's furniture has been widely admired. The pieces are sturdy and well put together...imaginatively decorated."
— Washington Post
"Some really nice hand done furniture designs. Peter Kramer's work was painstaking, and beautifully executed."
— NAID Newsletter Show Review
"...honest, purebred American Furniture...the kind you find in museums..."
— Furniture World Daily
"Kramer's work is a happy marriage of tradition and ingenious innovation..."
— The Review, Cape Cod's Arts & Antiques Magazine
"By reinterpreting traditional elements - exposed joinery, hand-planed surfaces and painted designs - Peter Kramer creates furniture that looks traditional but sets its own contemporary style."
