Question: Last year, I inherited a home filled with old furniture purchased ... Among the items is a pair of matching black wooden chairs described as “Lambert Hitchcock chairs” with stencil ...

Q: How can you identify a Hitchcock chair? A: The fancy stencils or freehand designs on its black ... gold or light-colored painted designs, with seats made from rush, cane or wood, according ...

Nonetheless, it’s products have remained a gold standard ... onto the chairs. However, that stencil underwent variations with the firm’s fortunes. Hitchcock died in 1852. His old factory ...