4 Antique Hitchcock Stenciled Chairs

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4 Antique Hitchcock Stenciled Chairs - these chairs show wear of nearly 100 years and have great patina. They are as pictured .They measure 34" tall at the backs. 16 " wide and the seats are 18" from the floor.Lambert Hitchcock (May 28, 1795, Cheshire, Connecticut - 1852) was an American furniture manufacturer, [1] famous for designing and mass-producing the Hitchcock chair.Hitchcock was the son of John Lee Hitchcock, an American Revolutionary War veteran who was lost at sea in 1811. He attended the Episcopal Academy of Cheshire, now known as Cheshire Academy , and was an apprentice to woodworker Silas Cheney. In 1818, he opened a furniture factory in Riverton, Connecticut , then called Hitchcocksville. The factory at first made chair parts. Soon Hitchcock, influenced by Connecticut clockmaker Eli Terry , began mass-producing simple, affordable chairs. Instead of painting designs on the backs, he used the relatively new and easier technique of stenciling . By the late 1820s, the Hitchcock Chair Company was producing over 15,000 chairs a year.Although an innovative manufacturer, Hitchcock was an unsuccessful businessman. His company went through receivership in 1832, with his brothers-in-law joining the business under the name Hitchcock, Alford & Co. In 1843, he sold his interest in the company and started a new company in Unionville, read more

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