The Harbinson Collection

The historical furnishings of the Niagara Region are noteworthy because they come from one of a few areas in Canada where, over a sixty-year period, a group of cabinetmakers developed unique regional designs in the products they made. The forms of these furnishings evolved to acknowledge changing fashions, but at their core, they still reflected the cultural roots of the community dating back to the 1700s. One of the strengths of the John and Heather Harbinson Collection is the cross-section of pieces with a Niagara Region provenance.