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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 81334, member: 85"]Northwest Chair Co, Tacoma Washington</p><p><br /></p><p>Copied from a Kovel column</p><p><i>Q: We have a rocking chair that has been in my husband’s family for about 60 years. It’s Craftsman-style and has armrests. It also has the original leather seat cushion with springs. The bottom of the seat reads, “Northwest Chair Co., Tacoma, Wash.” What do you think it’s worth? </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>A: The Northwest Chair Co. made furniture in South Tacoma from about 1900 to the 1950s. In the mid-1920s, they opened distribution warehouses in Los Angeles and Berkeley, Calif. An advertisement claimed the company made “bedroom, children’s, dining room, kitchen, library and store chairs made of ash, birch, mahogany, oak and walnut.” The company also made airplane parts for Boeing in 1944. We’ve seen a similar Morris-type rocking chair priced at $100.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/antiques-by-terry-and-kim-kovel-20140906" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/antiques-by-terry-and-kim-kovel-20140906" rel="nofollow">http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/antiques-by-terry-and-kim-kovel-20140906</a></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 81334, member: 85"]Northwest Chair Co, Tacoma Washington Copied from a Kovel column [I]Q: We have a rocking chair that has been in my husband’s family for about 60 years. It’s Craftsman-style and has armrests. It also has the original leather seat cushion with springs. The bottom of the seat reads, “Northwest Chair Co., Tacoma, Wash.” What do you think it’s worth? A: The Northwest Chair Co. made furniture in South Tacoma from about 1900 to the 1950s. In the mid-1920s, they opened distribution warehouses in Los Angeles and Berkeley, Calif. An advertisement claimed the company made “bedroom, children’s, dining room, kitchen, library and store chairs made of ash, birch, mahogany, oak and walnut.” The company also made airplane parts for Boeing in 1944. We’ve seen a similar Morris-type rocking chair priced at $100. [URL]http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/antiques-by-terry-and-kim-kovel-20140906[/URL][/I][/QUOTE]
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