CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY UPPER WRITING MAKERS OF CHAIR??? ALSO THEN ANYONE KNOW VALUE OF CHAIR???? TYVM!!!! :)
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Re: 1867 GARDNER MASS 11 SPINDLE CHAIR
ANY HELP IDENTIFYING ENGRAVINGS OF MAKERS APPRECIATED!!!!
Re: 1867 GARDNER MASS 11 SPINDLE CHAIR
Hello,
I'm not an expert, just studying these things myself...it's hard to tell from the photo, but the date and style of chair ...hope this helps! :)
S. Bent & Brothers Inc.
Gardner Companies -.
Gardner’s fourth oldest manufacturing company and an offshoot of Heywood-Wakefield Company.
Founded: 1867 by Samuel, Charles O. and Roderic L. Bent
Location: Mill Street in South Gardner
Products: First made five-spindle factory chairs for Heywood-Wakefield, and later made Colonial chairs and rockers. About 1870 they began making children’s chairs, rockers and stools. From the 1920s-1950s they made breakfast sets and institutional furniture. One specialty, by the 1960s, was the college and university chair. Bent Brothers, along with Nichols and Stone, were national leaders in this area.
Company closed: 2001