Chris Storb
Historian, Maker, Furniture Conservator
Chris Storb has worked professionally in the historic furniture field for over 40 years. His expertise is in the history of woodworking techniques, processes, and materials, coupled with the ability to share that expertise in a meaningful way with the general public. Most recently he worked for the Dietrich American Foundation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art performing an examination, assessment, and treatment of over 150 wood objects in the Foundation’s collection. Prior to that he worked in the conservation department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 2003 where he collaborated on the conservation of a broad range of American furniture in the Museum’s collection. In 2008 he recreated the long missing frieze carving from the fireplace overmantle in the drawing room at Mount Pleasant, the historic house in East Fairmount Park that the Museum administers. He has published and lectured widely on historic furniture, woodcarving, and the history of woodworking and continues to write for his blog “In Proportion to the Trouble.”