Clarks Casual Outdoor Furniture Shop

Clarks Outdoor Chairs is located in Lexington KY. We started out seventeen years ago building and selling our wooden handcrafted Clarks Original Adirondack Chairs. Over the years we have expanded our family owned business to include a diverse selection of casual outdoor furniture and accessories from top selling manufacturers. We feature major brands of recycled plastic lumber products known as Poly as well as some of the top names in outdoor wicker and aluminum casual furniture. Our combined 5,000 square feet of showroom space gives our customers the opportunity to see many of our unique collections of outdoor chairs and furniture. Shop with us for beautiful casual furniture for your home.

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Westport Adirondack Chairs

An Historical American Adirondack Chair

Documented Adirondack chair history has the first Westport Adirondack chair being built in the state of New York in 1903. The chair was named the "Westport Plank chair" and was made and sold for over twenty years. Our Clarks Original Westport chairs have the same hallmark features of the iconic 1903 chair. A tall one piece back, wide arms and the same overall design appearance. This chair is surprisingly comfortable as well as a very unique piece of American history.

Our Westport Chair Features vs The 1903 Chair

Our version of the historic Westport chair is built with Mahogany wood. It is durable as well as strong hardwood. The 1903 chair was made with Hemlock.
For extra sturdiness and durabliity our back legs are made with large two inch thick boards and the front legs are made with one and a half inch thick boards. The 1903 chair had one inch thick legs.
For better water drainage and comfort we designed the seat with five one inch thick slat boards rather than using only two like the 1903 chair.
Like the 1903 chair we use wide 9 1/4" by one inch thick arms. For strength we run 2 1/2" inch screws going down into the front legs and wood plugs to hide the screws rather than going under the arm and up which hides the screws, but has less holding strength over time.
Our chair like the 1903 chair has a beautiful solid one piece back.
The overall appearance of both chairs is the same.