Great Camp nourishes on history

Photo: Matter Made.
Photo: Matter Made.
Photo: Matter Made.
Photo: Matter Made.
Photo: Matter Made.
Photo: Matter Made.
Photo: Matter Made.
Photo: Matter Made.

Paul Loebach’s Great Camp collection draws inspiration from the untamed wilderness and domestic grandeur of a unique time and place in New York history.In America following the Civil War, hired guides explored the wilderness of upstate New York and brought vacationers from the city on adventure trips. ‘Rusticating’ became a fashionable leisure activity. Later on, city-dwellers built elaborate country cabins in the wilderness known as ‘great camps’. Rustic high-society was born, and an industry of local craftsman developed a distinct philosophy, visual aesthetic, and construction methodology to suit the new way of life. By the 1920’s, rustic furniture had reached a mass audience becoming a popular style.

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