Is Amish furniture American vintage?

I've been asked, is Amish furniture vintage furniture?

First, I looked up what vintage means.

Vintage means something that is not just old, but has developed a nice flavor over the years. Typical examples are jeans and antiques from long-established brands. Originally, it meant high-quality wine made in a good year for grapes. (Uemasa Tsunemasa, Asahi Shimbun reporter / 2007)

Kotobank What is vintage?

The word "vintage" was originally used to describe wine, but it gradually came to be used to mean "something that is not just old but has developed a flavor over the years."

It is said that Amish furniture first began to attract attention around the 1920s. The Amish had been making furniture for decades before that, so there is also "vintage" Amish furniture in the world. Some of the early "discoveries" are apparently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Museum.

Mid-century furniture is also popular when it comes to American vintage. Mid-century furniture is a style that emerged around the 1940s when new technologies such as plywood (molded laminated plywood) and FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) were developed, but it can be said that Amish furniture is made in a style that continues the previous style of solid wood to the present day. This style is difficult to mass-produce industrially and relies heavily on the skills of craftsmen, such as carving out solid wood, but the Amish have continued to pass on their handcrafting techniques.

Amish furniture has been made for many years since before the mid-century era, and the techniques have been passed down and refined. Amish furniture is made of solid hardwood, so it develops a flavor like wine as you continue to use it. As time passes, it will become your own American vintage furniture.

The Amish furniture we carry may look classic and vintage, but it is all made today. It is not made to look like vintage furniture. It is furniture that has the potential to become vintage in the future.

Vintage furniture that already has character is great, but why not try developing it into your own unique vintage furniture?