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Class '99

"Select a piece of furniture for its function, not just its looks. Make every piece of furniture work for you in each room."

It would be hard to draw a line between Bryce's work and his life. He and his wife, Linda, live in a restored 1790 stone farmhouse, filled with braided rugs, redware, salt-glazed pottery, and his own distinctive furniture, in Pennsylvania's beautiful Chester County. That furniture-folk art reproductions constructed with old hand tools, salvaged wood, and vintage hardware-is much sought after by people who share the Ritters' passion for the country style of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A farm boy who studied

engineering, Bryce began making furniture as a hobby and is now one of the leading makers of reproduction country-style pieces. "I can't think of anything I'd rather do," he says. "I guess I'm right where I'm supposed to be."

KEYSTONE AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN REGIONAL HISTORY, ESSAY, AWARE, "WONDERFUL WOOD"