Two Classic Stenciled Black Hitchcock Side Chair with Rush Seat and Spool Turned legs. The Chairs are signed on the back. Each Measures 17.50x15.50x33.50". PROVENANCE: A Historic Charlotte Street Home, Charleston, SC. **Pickup only or Shipping on this item offered through the UPS store 843-406-9400, On the Go Transport 843-360-7472, A.J. Williams 843-442-0462. Please contact them or your own choice of shipper directly.** American Made. Lambert Hitchcock ( 1795-1852) was an American furniture manufacturer, famous for designing and mass-producing the Hitchcock chair. Although an innovative manufacturer, Hitchcock was an unsuccessful businessman. His company went through receivership in 1832, with his brothers-in-law joining the business under the name Hitchcock, Alford & Co. In 1843, he sold his interest in the company and started a new company in Unionville, Connecticut, which also failed. He died in 1852 with little money to his name. In 1946, John Tarrant Kenney came upon the abandoned Hitchcock Chair factory while fishing on the Farmington River. He wrote a biography, The Hitchcock Chair, and started a new Hitchcock Chair Company in the same location. That business lasted until 2006, when it was forced to close due to competition from low-cost overseas furniture manufacturers.

good, minor wear