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Antique Questions Forum / Re: 1920's/40's Singer Furniture Dining Set **Updated w/Pictures!***

« on: July 04, 2009, 06:08:40 PM »

The whole dining set?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: 1920's/40's Singer Furniture Dining Set **Updated w/Pictures!***

« on: July 03, 2009, 01:13:54 PM »

I do really like it.  I actually contacted someone to reupholster it yesterday. He's coming over in 45 minutes.  I hope he gives me a decent quote as I would like to deck out my dining room around this piece.  I've done nothing with that room so far. Depending on how it turns out will give me the abilty to pick the right paint, crown molding, new windows(really, those things are old and leak, SUX), china set, china cabinet.  It seems I have my work cut out for me!    Well, everyone...Have a spectacular 4th of July!  I'm off to plan an improptu party around a 4th of July parade in front of the house.  Woo-hoo! Adios!
-Lissy

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: 1920's/40's Singer Furniture Dining Set **Updated w/Pictures!***

« on: July 03, 2009, 06:11:13 AM »

   Thanks for writing back guys!  I really thought there was something wrong w/my post.  I did not know all about that about singer.  I was lucky that those tags were still on there. Although, I've done some research (in between baby naps~lol) I haven't found any other singer furniture out there.  I've checked ebay, google, and yahoo.  So either I have something valuable or I have krap.  I really like set, but I'm not sure if it's worth puting in all the money to refurbish and reupholster the dinette or just to buy something more modern.  Alright, guys, I'll talk to you all later.  I have to get my day started.  my 10 month old just woke up.  We need to get ready for swimming anyway.  Xoxoxo's! Thanks for the reply! ~Lissette

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: 1920's/40's Singer Furniture Dining Set **Updated w/Pictures!***

« on: July 02, 2009, 09:29:01 PM »

I'm testing to see if the "reply" works. If it does great.  Although, this means no one knows anything about my furniture.  Bummer.   

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Antique Questions Forum / 1920's/40's Singer Furniture Dining Set **Updated w/Pictures!***

« on: July 02, 2009, 05:07:17 PM »

Does anyone know anything about this further or how much this furniture may be worth?  I have a dining set that I recieved from my mom when I got married.  She was going to throw it out, but I always liked it and saw/still see it's potential. I used to play "cave woman" under this furniture.  So it has sentimental value to me.  Anyhow, one day I looked under the chairs and saw some tags stapled to the bottom.  There are three and here' some of the info on it one of the tags:
ONT Reg. 6309438
Singer Furniture Division
P.O. Box 511
Lenoir, N. Carolina 28645
11-75 Side Chair
Color: Cove and Minton Earth
(There is more, but I don't want to remove the staples and destroy the info.)

Anyhow, I've tried to reseach the company and get no hx. except for the singer sewing machines.  What I did find at a website is:

(http://www.furnituremagazine.com/default.cfm?page=/ViewManufacturers&Letter=k&manufdroplist=yes)

KENT-COFFEY
Lenoir, NC
In its day, Kent-Coffee was a very popular brand of furniture. It was reasonably well-made, sold in stores all over the East Coast and was priced so the average consumer could afford it.  

Kent-Coffey was a furniture company in Lenoir, NC owned by Harold Coffey, a leading influence driving the North Carolina furniture industry in the early 1900's.

Through the 60's Kent-Coffey made promotionally priced, but decent quality furniture. For unknown reasons, they were sold to the Singer Furniture Company, a subsidiary of the Singer sewing machine fame. Singer should have stuck with sewing machines because around 1997 the furniture division went bankrupt. In 2001, Kent-Coffey was named as co-defendant in a lawsuit brought by a former Singer employee suing over asbestos related illness.

Thanks for your insight!
-Lissette

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Antique Questions Forum / 1920's/40's Singer Furniture Set ***Pictures Uploaded***

« on: July 01, 2009, 05:59:15 PM »

Does anyone know anything about this further or how much this furniture may be worth?  I have a dining set that I recieved from my mom when I got married.  She was going to throw it out, but I always liked it and saw/still see it's potential. I used to play "cave woman" under this furniture.  So it has sentimental value to me.  Anyhow, one day I looked under the chairs and saw some tags stapled to the bottom.  There are three and here' some of the info on it one of the tags:
ONT Reg. 6309438
Singer Furniture Division
P.O. Box 511
Lenoir, N. Carolina 28645
11-75 Side Chair
Color: Cove and Minton Earth
(There is more, but I don't want to remove the staples and destroy the info.)

Anyhow, I've tried to reseach the company and get no hx. except for the singer sewing machines.  What I did find at a website is:

(http://www.furnituremagazine.com/default.cfm?page=/ViewManufacturers&Letter=k&manufdroplist=yes)

KENT-COFFEY
Lenoir, NC
In its day, Kent-Coffee was a very popular brand of furniture. It was reasonably well-made, sold in stores all over the East Coast and was priced so the average consumer could afford it.  

Kent-Coffey was a furniture company in Lenoir, NC owned by Harold Coffey, a leading influence driving the North Carolina furniture industry in the early 1900's.

Through the 60's Kent-Coffey made promotionally priced, but decent quality furniture. For unknown reasons, they were sold to the Singer Furniture Company, a subsidiary of the Singer sewing machine fame. Singer should have stuck with sewing machines because around 1997 the furniture division went bankrupt. In 2001, Kent-Coffey was named as co-defendant in a lawsuit brought by a former Singer employee suing over asbestos related illness.

Thanks for your insight!
-Lissette