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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 4574135, member: 649"]The multitude of C scrolls seems very 1950s. I grew up on a street where all the houses were built in the early/mid 50s and those with wrought iron porch awning support columns often had C scroll details (that, or grapes for some reason!)</p><p><br /></p><p>EDITING TO ADD:</p><p><a href="https://www.woodard-furniture.com/made-in-the-usa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.woodard-furniture.com/made-in-the-usa" rel="nofollow">Woodard</a> is another popular patio furniture name that comes to mind. Since they were/are based in Owosso, MI - and I live in Michigan - we see a lot of it around here. It does really well on the resale market.</p><p><br /></p><p>In what part of the country did you find it? I agree with komo. Wrought iron patio furniture is very heavy so chances are it didn't go too far from its place of manufacture way back when.</p><p>Here's potentially helpful info about old patio furniture companies, where they were located, and their popular design lines:</p><p><a href="https://www.thespruce.com/tips-about-vintage-patio-furniture-4049308" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thespruce.com/tips-about-vintage-patio-furniture-4049308" rel="nofollow">A Guide to Buying Vintage Patio Furniture (thespruce.com)</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 4574135, member: 649"]The multitude of C scrolls seems very 1950s. I grew up on a street where all the houses were built in the early/mid 50s and those with wrought iron porch awning support columns often had C scroll details (that, or grapes for some reason!) EDITING TO ADD: [URL='https://www.woodard-furniture.com/made-in-the-usa']Woodard[/URL] is another popular patio furniture name that comes to mind. Since they were/are based in Owosso, MI - and I live in Michigan - we see a lot of it around here. It does really well on the resale market. In what part of the country did you find it? I agree with komo. Wrought iron patio furniture is very heavy so chances are it didn't go too far from its place of manufacture way back when. Here's potentially helpful info about old patio furniture companies, where they were located, and their popular design lines: [URL='https://www.thespruce.com/tips-about-vintage-patio-furniture-4049308']A Guide to Buying Vintage Patio Furniture (thespruce.com)[/URL][/QUOTE]
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