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Originally Posted by merrymini
People do not buy quality furniture but stuff from rooms to go and ikea. Falls apart and they complain. All this junk from overseas has driven our own furniture building companies into bankruptcy because they were not supported. Yes, they were expensive to buy but I have my Stickley furniture for over thirty years. It is solid wood and can be refinished and recovered. The culture has changed and now we have to live with it.
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Amen! We bought our Ethan Allen solid maple furniture, Circa 1776, well before they pulled production out of the USA.
We also have a walnut inset set of Baker tables, spoon foot with hand carved fan detail. One is a sofa table and then there are two side tables. These pieces are timeless, have survived over 40 years of living, are gracefully designed but are heavy, solid wood. We also had some Drexel pieces and we laugh at the pieces of furniture foisted on buyers now. It’s like buying clunky, painted cardboard out there.
Henredon was a great furniture source back then and I believe Eldred Wheeler Furniture is still making beautiful period pieces.
North Carolina was the furniture hub back in the day. Change isn’t always for the best.