- Amish furniture has four basic styles: Mission, Shaker, Queen Anne and traditional. All furniture is known for its quality, which is usually 100-percent oak or cherry wood with no particle board or laminate.
- One common feature of the Mission style is that most pieces are made of quarter-sawn oak. A distinctive feature of the Shaker style is plain wood knobs. The Queen Anne style features furniture pieces with feet, scalloping and usually a brass handle. Fluted or rope twist legs are a feature of the Traditional style, along with cathedral arches.
- Amish furniture can be customized for very specific building needs and made into beds, hutches, headboards, cradles, coffee tables, gliders, entertainment centers and more.
- The furniture is routinely made in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. It is of note amongst experts that these are the roots of the original builders and that Amish furniture made elsewhere should be questioned as to authenticity.
- The fact that the furniture is all wood makes it long-lasting and hardy. Rumor has it that the Amish people still own antique pieces that are more than 100 years old.
