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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 185767, member: 136"]Hmmm... I'm with Brad - definitely 1960's. <u>Mid</u>-1960's, most likely. (Personally, I think the style was rather ubiquitous at that time...)</p><p><br /></p><p>My 3 sisters & I each had quite similar bedroom suites (all with canopy beds) from <i>Henredon</i>, purchased around 1965. All were solid cherry, but my 2 younger sisters' furniture was that <i>off-white painted with a bit of gold </i>"French Provincial" finish that was so popular then. </p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, my good friend Bonnie had the <i>Ethan Allen</i> version in a lighter cherry finish than mine, and another friend, Sharon, had an unknown manufacturer's version in the off-white & gold "French Provincial" finish.</p><p><br /></p><p>My older sister & I had sets in dark cherry. She had the traditional canopy on her bed; I chose the flat-top canopy for mine... (I actually still have most of my own childhood furniture, including the bed [which my daughter also used when she was little] as well as some of my youngest sister's.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I <u><i><b>think</b></i></u> this may have been the manufacturer of your set: <b>Cherokee Furniture Co of Bryson City, NC.</b></p><p>I didn't find a whole lot about the company, but here's a bit:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><i>The company had its beginning in 1903 under the name of Bryson City Pump Works. In 1925, the company name was changed to Carolina Wood Turning Company. Over forty years later, at the end of 1966, it merged with Magnavox. It was acquired by Singer in 1973. The year 1986 marked the plant closure. In addition to these official corporate names, it was also called Cherokee Furniture, Consolidated Furniture, and – to many a local family – simply “The Plant.”</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><i>The Plant provided a steady source of employment for many families in Swain and surrounding counties for over three-quarters of a century. Its use of the fine area timber also provided income to local loggers and truckers. A full range of top quality home furniture as well as a variety of wood products including ricer rollers and porch columns were manufactured and sold throughout the United States. During World War II, the plant went into full-time war support, manufacturing flare bodies and munitions containers.</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="3">(from: <b>Turning Back Time: Celebrating the World of Carolina Wood Turning Company</b></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="3">— Written By <a href="https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/profile/dee-decker/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/profile/dee-decker/" rel="nofollow">Dee Decker</a>and last updated by<a href="https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/profile/melissa-vaughn/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/profile/melissa-vaughn/" rel="nofollow">Melissa Vaughn</a></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="3"><a href="https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/2015/05/turning-back-time-celebrating-the-world-of-carolina-wood-turning-company/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/2015/05/turning-back-time-celebrating-the-world-of-carolina-wood-turning-company/" rel="nofollow">https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/2015/05/turning-back-time-celebrating-the-world-of-carolina-wood-turning-company/</a>)</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]52248[/ATTACH] </font></p><p>There is also a mention of Cherokee Furniture in <i>The Waynesville (NC) Mountaineer </i>newspaper on Feb 20, 1950, when a representative of the company was scheduled to visit a Mexican lumber firm. The trip was to be an inspection tour, particularly focusing on that firm’s <i>growing, cultivating and manufacturing of mahogany.</i></p><p><i><font size="3">(newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92074106/1950-02-20/ed.../seq-1.pdf)</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>I honestly don't think there's a great demand for this type of furniture right now, but the long & short of it is that the pieces ARE functional, and there are still a lot of little girls who love canopy beds, so someone out there may want it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 185767, member: 136"]Hmmm... I'm with Brad - definitely 1960's. [U]Mid[/U]-1960's, most likely. (Personally, I think the style was rather ubiquitous at that time...) My 3 sisters & I each had quite similar bedroom suites (all with canopy beds) from [I]Henredon[/I], purchased around 1965. All were solid cherry, but my 2 younger sisters' furniture was that [I]off-white painted with a bit of gold [/I]"French Provincial" finish that was so popular then. Meanwhile, my good friend Bonnie had the [I]Ethan Allen[/I] version in a lighter cherry finish than mine, and another friend, Sharon, had an unknown manufacturer's version in the off-white & gold "French Provincial" finish. My older sister & I had sets in dark cherry. She had the traditional canopy on her bed; I chose the flat-top canopy for mine... (I actually still have most of my own childhood furniture, including the bed [which my daughter also used when she was little] as well as some of my youngest sister's.) Anyway, I [U][I][B]think[/B][/I][/U][I][B] [/B][/I]this may have been the manufacturer of your set: [B]Cherokee Furniture Co of Bryson City, NC.[/B] I didn't find a whole lot about the company, but here's a bit: [SIZE=3][I]The company had its beginning in 1903 under the name of Bryson City Pump Works. In 1925, the company name was changed to Carolina Wood Turning Company. Over forty years later, at the end of 1966, it merged with Magnavox. It was acquired by Singer in 1973. The year 1986 marked the plant closure. In addition to these official corporate names, it was also called Cherokee Furniture, Consolidated Furniture, and – to many a local family – simply “The Plant.”[/I] [I][/I] [I]The Plant provided a steady source of employment for many families in Swain and surrounding counties for over three-quarters of a century. Its use of the fine area timber also provided income to local loggers and truckers. A full range of top quality home furniture as well as a variety of wood products including ricer rollers and porch columns were manufactured and sold throughout the United States. During World War II, the plant went into full-time war support, manufacturing flare bodies and munitions containers.[/I] [I][/I] [SIZE=3](from: [B]Turning Back Time: Celebrating the World of Carolina Wood Turning Company[/B] — Written By [URL='https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/profile/dee-decker/']Dee Decker[/URL]and last updated by[URL='https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/profile/melissa-vaughn/']Melissa Vaughn[/URL] [URL]https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/2015/05/turning-back-time-celebrating-the-world-of-carolina-wood-turning-company/[/URL])[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]52248[/ATTACH] [/SIZE] There is also a mention of Cherokee Furniture in [I]The Waynesville (NC) Mountaineer [/I]newspaper on Feb 20, 1950, when a representative of the company was scheduled to visit a Mexican lumber firm. The trip was to be an inspection tour, particularly focusing on that firm’s [I]growing, cultivating and manufacturing of mahogany. [SIZE=3](newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92074106/1950-02-20/ed.../seq-1.pdf)[/SIZE][/I] I honestly don't think there's a great demand for this type of furniture right now, but the long & short of it is that the pieces ARE functional, and there are still a lot of little girls who love canopy beds, so someone out there may want it.[/QUOTE]
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