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Blind chair caner of Independence keeps craft alive
Stephen Revelle Lee, nearly 90 and legally blind, works from his basement shop to reweave chair seats in a craft once called a blind trade. From a cluttered room in a brick house, he uses simple tools to restore fine dining chairs while courted by customers from multiple states. Two assistants help, and Lee recalls beginning at age 11, proving decades of mastery in a fading art.
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Revelle Lee
Lee
Independence
Ansas City
TNS
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Bob Shields
Kansas City