Chairs

In the March 2011 issue of House Beautiful the Linwood SIde Chair by Suzanne Kasler was featured in their "Fifty Ways To Go Pink" story! She had asked Hickory Chair to create a match panel finish that was just the right color to pick up the shade of pink in a beautiful print fabric she was using in her room. The artisans at Hickory ...

Recently Paul White contacted Hickory Chair eager to learn more about his Mother's dining room set. He mentioned that recently his Mother passed and one of the things she left him was her antique Hickory Chair dining room set. All 6 chairs have a paper (stuck on with the original stain) '' Hickory Chair Manufacturing Hickory N.C'' Underneath the table there is a black ink stamp that ...

Turning 100 years old this year is very special for all the employees of Hickory Chair. We want to say thank you to everyone who has chosen Hickory Chair pieces for their homes these past 100 years. We enjoy receiving emails with pictures of family heirlooms and special finds at antique stores that so many of you have shared with us.
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In 1911 the Surry Chair Company was purchased by a group of investors and relocated to Hickory, North Carolina and became the Hickory Chair Manufacturing Company. The Surry Chair Company's motto was "Chairs Made Better Than Seems Necessary". The new Hickory Chair Manufacturing Company adopted this philosophy and expanded the assortment quickly from just dining chairs to all types of chairs, rocking chairs and sofas becoming the first residential upholstery manufacturer based in Hickory, ...

Many thanks to filmmaker Luke Stafford of Mondo Media for creating a beautiful, professional video about Vermont Woods Studios Handcrafted Furniture.

The video features two of our favorite woodworkers: Chad Woodruff of Vernon, Vermont and Greg Goodman of Brattleboro, Vermont.

Luke visited both of their studios and filmed them in action. Chad was making pieces for his line of mission-craftsman style furniture and Greg was working on a live edge wood slab table made ...