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1. Northport Family Business Unique Among Antique
by Phil McHugh
(caption for photo: three generations of the Ashlen Family; from l to r: Ed Potter, Ashlee and
Rylee Potter, Rick McClendon pose in the workshop with finished and in-production chairs)
In an area as abundant in family, tradition, history and the arts, it is no surprise that a quiet
combination of these elements is shaping to become the silent success story of Northport's art
and antique community. Ashlen Windsor Chair Company, off of Highway 43 in Northport, is a
relatively hidden-away operation, in plain view from the road, but missed entirely if you are not
aware of what you are trying to see. It is just this very condition of obscurity-in-plain-view that has
enabled Ashlen to carry itself through the last seventeen years of the twentieth century, and
onward into a new era under the leadership of a new generation.
That next generation is, of course, in the family.
Started in 1983 by Rick McClendon, the company continues a long family line of craftsmanship
that has endured to this day, showing its appreciation for the past in its product: the antique
reproduction Windsor chair.
That history begins in the Eighteenth Century with King George III of England. As legend has it,
he took refuge from inclement weather in the home of a peasant and took such a liking to the
chairs that he had them made for his palace. Before this time, the chairs had been known as
"stick chairs" because of their spindly appearance. After George was finished, however, they took
the name of his home, and became known as Windsor Chairs. Later, as the thirteen colonies
gained their independence, the chairs took on different styles based on where they were crafted,
and thus the American Windsor was born. It is even speculated that the Founding Fathers of this
country sat in Windsor chairs to sign the Declaration of Independence.
McClendon began his odyssey as a banker, which, as he puts it, "got me used to not having any
money." Wood carving as a business happened almost by chance. He carved a wooden duck
decoy, and, as friends requested his handiwork more and more often, a business grew. Soon he
was making more money in this line of work than he had as a banker--and in a lot less time. This
led to the purchase of a machine that enabled him to carve twelve ducks at a time and the official
formation of the company Wooden Wildlife.
Cheaper imports jeopardized his business, so he began contract carving for a furniture
manufacturer. McClendon was producing seats for Windsor chairs. As he says, "they [the chairs]
chose me." This led to full assembly of the chairs, and the labor-intensive construction of the
antique reproductions gave him the opportunity to "carve" his way into a niche market.
"The engineering of these chairs is fabulous," he says.
Indeed, everything about the chairs is geared toward practicality. Their open-spindle construction
allows the wind to pass through them without knocking them over, making them ideal for outdoor
use. Some designs, such as the bow or "sack" back, are made to accommodate a coat, or, in the
Eighteenth Century, a potato sack to hold heat when sitting next to a fire. Even the choice of
materials is thought out well. Most Windsor chairs are made with three types of wood, each with
its own particular advantage. Hard maple is used for sturdy legs, oak's flexibility makes it ideal for
the upper part of the chair, and white pine provides a comfortable seat. English Windsor chairs,
however, are made of solid ash. All of the chairs are hand-made, and none of them have any
screws or metal fasteners--yet they are built to be passed down through generations of family as
heirlooms.
2. "It's a timeless style," says Ashlee Potter, current President of Ashlen, "you can find these chairs
anywhere from fancy dining rooms to cabins in the woods." Indeed, she and her husband Ed,
Vice President of the company, have plenty of stories to back up the claim.
The Potters took over operation of the company early in the twenty-first century, though for Mrs.
Potter, McClendon's daughter, running Ashlen is the culmination of a long tenure that began in
her childhood. She can remember spending time in the workshop after school: "I started as the
Executive Dust Coordinator," she reminisces, "which meant I swept the shop." She then moved
up to Chief in Charge of Boxes--she was in charge of shipping--and eventually President. Even
the Potters' dog, Forbin, has a place in the Ashlen workforce. "He's the Chief of Security," they
say.
The transition of Ashlen's upper management was tempered by perhaps the best management
training: they each paid their dues on the production floor, alongside their employees. "Being a
craftsman is often underrated, but it's easy to feel pride in something you make," Mr. Potter
comments, and from the atmosphere of the operation, one gets the feeling that this is a team of
artisans.
The business side of Ashlen is as genuinely unique, obscure but plain-as-day, as their history and
product. Employing anywhere from five to eight people depending on the season, Ashlen does
not keep an inventory of its chairs; they are all made-to-order, so as to "never sacrifice quality for
quantity." The company currently makes thirty-two styles of chairs, settees and stools, and is
constantly looking for ideas for additions to their product line. Most of the work goes into creating
historically-accurate reproductions from prototypes.
The attitude in the office is quite down-home, oriented toward developing relationships with other
"mom-and-pop" operations. "We prefer to build relationships with smaller dealers," Mrs. Potter
states, because it protects against market over saturation, but also because it is "more than just
selling chairs--it's about friendships and bonds." Those bonds are as impressive as the continuing
success of the company: the Potters have been invited on trips and cruises, to bed and
breakfasts, and some of their clients even attended their wedding.
Local furniture dealers, Northport Antiques, actually took notice of Ashlen when on a buying trip in
Virginia. "They went all the way up there to find out that we were in their back yard," Mrs. Potter
laughs.
The company is changing in the wake of the transition, and, more importantly, because of the
birth of the Potters' daughter, Rylee. Being a working family has not slowed Ashlen down,
however, and their implementation of computer network technology has allowed for a great deal
of flexibility in their work and lives. They also plan to use the Internet to enhance and expand the
profile of the business, as most of their exposure had previously been in regional journals and
national magazines.
Ashlen's Windsor Chairs are in the University Club in Tuscaloosa, professional offices, and
homes from coast to coast.
Perhaps their biggest claim to fame is that a set of Ashlen Windsor Chairs resides in the
Rockefeller Center, used on the television show This Old House.
The Potters, however, take pride in their craftsmanship elsewhere. "It's not so much that they're
in the Rockefeller Center, but that people enjoy them," says Mrs. Potter. "I love getting calls about
how much people love them."
For more information visit Northport Antiques, or www.ashlen.com