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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 4380927, member: 5066"]Well, mostly true but not totally true.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /></p><p>You can get high-quality, handcrafted American furniture just up the street from where I am located in North Carolina, Stickley & Maiden Home come immediately to mind, naturally, it goes for premium prices so there is a downside.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/redface.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Your chairs are Chippendale style with Marlboro legs & slip seats but as [USER=5170]@Ghopper1924[/USER] noted, the quality of construction is very poor. When you look at this corner block for example..........</p><p>[ATTACH=full]367419[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If that gap was any wider, the slip seat might fall thru it! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Thomas Chippendale probably rolled over in his grave when these chairs were built but, at $25. for 8 chairs & a table.................[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 4380927, member: 5066"]Well, mostly true but not totally true.:p You can get high-quality, handcrafted American furniture just up the street from where I am located in North Carolina, Stickley & Maiden Home come immediately to mind, naturally, it goes for premium prices so there is a downside.:oops: Your chairs are Chippendale style with Marlboro legs & slip seats but as [USER=5170]@Ghopper1924[/USER] noted, the quality of construction is very poor. When you look at this corner block for example.......... [ATTACH=full]367419[/ATTACH] If that gap was any wider, the slip seat might fall thru it! :hilarious: Thomas Chippendale probably rolled over in his grave when these chairs were built but, at $25. for 8 chairs & a table.................[/QUOTE]
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