John Shaw (cabinetmaker)

John Shaw (1745–1829) was the Annapolis cabinetmaker who built most of the furniture first used in both legislative chambers of the Maryland State House.

[4] Examples of Shaw furniture currently exhibited at the Hammond-Harwood House Museum demonstrate the inlay work popular in the Federal era which he combined with early Chippendale style fretwork.

[6] When construction of the Maryland State House was completed in 1779, Shaw began providing services for the building, eventually becoming its unofficial caretaker.

John Shaw and craftsmen working for him built most of the furniture first used in both legislative chambers of the Maryland State House.

[8][9] A replica of the John Shaw flag, copied from a 1794 watercolor by Charles Milbourne, now hangs in the rotunda of the Maryland State House.