The last 18 months has proven to be a truly amazing
time for all of us at Hickory Chair! We have been honored with the opportunity to make record numbers of custom furniture items. We have been challenged to make one-of-a-kind special construction pieces. We have been entrusted to make both wood and upholstered furniture at a pace that has allowed us to add over 175 ADDITIONAL artisans and craftsmen to our Hickory, North Carolina workroom since July 2012... and we still have some openings! 100 of this group have joined our family just this year. We have nearly 700 talented artisans and craftsmen making furniture to order in our 600,000 square foot workroom!
Pieces like this special construction 6272-11 Marlboro Chair reproducted from an antique from the historic Winterthur Country Estate Collection. The client loved the chair but it was only available as a side chair. They wanted arm chairs for host chairs. They asked if we could use the arms from the Sebastian Arm Chair from the Thomas O'Brien Collection to create an arm chair verison of the Marlboro Side Chair. We were able to make it!
How can Hickory Chair be hiring so many craftsmen with all the opposite news on the TV, radio and internet? We believe that our success has been earned by our talented craftsmen making pieces just the way the customer wants it. Making wood and upholstered pieces just the size needed for the room. Finishing the piece in one of our 70 Hickory Chair stain or paint finishes or creating a custom finish to match a stain or paint sample. Adding decorative touches like COHTM (Customer's Own HardwareTM), monogramming, tape trims around the skirt, hand-tufting with the customer's crystal buttons instead of fabric-covered buttons, and a host of other things we can do to order here in our Hickory, North Carolina workroom.
We are working very hard to share the knowledge of our long-term artisans and craftsmen with this large group we have added to our family in the past 13 months. We are working hard to teach them our standards as well as the techniques to make custom-make wood and upholstered furniture. They have brought us an appreciation for a place to practice their vocation. All around us are examples of lay-offs and furniture plant closings. These talented individuals choose the craft of making furniture as their vocation. They enjoy the challenge of making solid wood framed upholstery, by the inch wood and upholstered pieces, of working with elegant fabrics and leather and making truly heirloom quality furniture. They have brought to us fresh eyes and ideas of things we can do to keep our company growing. We are a very young-thinking 102 year old company!
Why not ask us to make a pair of Artisan Chest with Single Drawer with linen upholstered drawer fronts? You know we can do it! These particular chest are designed in your choice of Ash or Mahogany wood, are available in over 70 Hickory Chair finishes and have Customer's Own HardwareTM available as an option. In addition, this exact chest is available as a 4-drawer chest as well! Even 'standard' does not mean one finish with one hardware! Click on Personalize This Item when you are on our web page that features this chest and you can visualize it in our wide range of painted and stained finishes. You can see how constrasting finishes would look. You can see where our artists can hand stripe them. You can see how different pieces of hardware in Antique Silver, Antique Bronze or Antique Brass would look. We can make it once you can visualize it!
Designers challenge us to make special pieces. For example, this spring a designer needed a chaise lounge for a bedroom. While we had many to choose from, he did not find what he liked. As he reviewed our website he found the Continental Club Chair from the Thomas O'Brien Collection. He envisioned it as a chaise. Our craftsmen were able to make it just the length he needed it!
Each piece with options on our web site has a visualization tool named 'Personalize This Item' as a part of our Online Design Center. We can virtually upholster a sofa, add contrasting throw pillows, add contrasting welt and change finishes on upholstered items. Your interior designer or the sales associate at your local authorized Hickory Chair dealer can help you create just the right piece for your room. Why not give us the opportunity to make something special for you? Share your Hickory Chair with us and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Houzz and Pinterest!
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