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Message:: [QUOTE="Schuman City, post: 2435067, member: 15812"][ATTACH=full]264417[/ATTACH] I purchased this chair with the intention of working on it as a beginner's refurbishing project, but I quickly realized it might be older than I thought. Based on the maker's mark and some internet research, I think this is a Cushman Furniture (Bennington, VT) design from the 1930s, number 5-183. [ATTACH]264416[/ATTACH] All that tracks, since I'm in New England. However, in my gut I doubt that the chair was actually produced in the 1930s. It's little things about the construction, like how, in my novice point of view, the arms and body of the chair appear to be made of two different types of wood. I think they are maple and pine, respectively, because of their relative hardness. (But again, I'm very much a novice.) But I also pulled out a very short copper nail from the base, which looks pretty old to me. I'm wondering if it could be a later reproduction from the same company? Or perhaps an imitation piece from an entirely different source. I think I've taken this as far as my googling skills will go - anybody have any advice or instincts about how to further authenticate this piece & identify its production year?[/QUOTE]