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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hemster922, post: 280410, member: 5622&quot;]Not easy selling antique furniture anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the moment, I have many boxes surrounding it [from this estate] but I was able to find an example on the internet. I do believe its the original paint, but what I&#039;m trying to do is find out if this company made this chest in this blue, and when. [makes a big difference to some people][ATTACH=full]89435[/ATTACH] </p><p>....just can&#039;t find the time.</p><p>But here is a little I was able to find:</p><p><br /></p><p>Hi there, and thanks for your question.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is surprisingly little information available on the Loomis and</p><p>Hart Furniture Company. Some of the best information regarding its</p><p>history comes, in fact, from a family history for the Arnold family</p><p>during the period when James Townsend Arnold was in Chattanooga. The</p><p>link for that history (also provided by ephraim-ga in the Comments</p><p>below) is:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://members.tripod.com/clipclop/ref/arnoldhist2/chattanooga.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://members.tripod.com/clipclop/ref/arnoldhist2/chattanooga.html" rel="nofollow">http://members.tripod.com/clipclop/ref/arnoldhist2/chattanooga.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The relevant section is about a third of the way down the page, and in</p><p>a nutshell, it says that the Loomis and Hart company was founded in</p><p>Chattanooga in 1869, originally as a sawmill with a small furniture</p><p>company added onto it to use up scrap wood. As such, the furniture</p><p>was apparently quite cheaply made.</p><p><br /></p><p>Evidently, in 1912 the whole place burned down, and out of the ashes,</p><p>three separate companies were formed: Loomis &amp; Hart Mfg. Co.,</p><p>retaining the saw-mill and lumber business, A.G. Stivers Lumber Co.,</p><p>taking the South Chattanooga planing mill, and Loomis &amp; Hart Furniture</p><p>Co., operating the furniture manufacturing business. I cannot find</p><p>conclusively how long that furniture company was in operation, but the</p><p>history continues until at least 1918 with the furniture company being</p><p>headed up by one Gaston Raoul. The company is certainly no longer in</p><p>existence.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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