Anyone Have an Opinion on Hitchcock Upholstered Pieces?

[organic_smallhome]

Saw a sofa I like, but I am completely unfamiliar with this brand--other than the chairs.

[drcollie]

Hitchcock went out of business many years ago.....been a long time since I've seen any of their pieces but i want to say that the upholstery was nothing special.

[organic_smallhome]

Maybe that explains why I can't find any information on their upholstered pieces. The sofa I was referring to is several years old, but never used. I am concerned that it was made overseas rather than in Riverton, CT, but I can't find any information. Here's what it looks like. Maybe you will be able to tell just by looking at it whether it looks well made? Because I certainly can't.

[drcollie]

I really can't from the photos, and I don't recall who made their upholstery line, sorry. It does look nice and crisp in the photos, and well-tailored. If the price is right....the form is good.

[simplyjeff]

A bit irrelevant, but an interesting story about Hitchcock Chair. Over 20 years ago I was Hitchcock's government contract consultant. We received a bid solicitation from the Department of the Interior for about 200 wooden chairs. They were very similar to chairs that Hitchcock made with one exception, the specifications called for the rear legs to be six inches shorter than the front legs. That made no sense to anybody at the factory and I called person after person at the Dept. of Interior trying to point out that a mistake must have been made in the specs. I got nowhere. Hitchcock pulled out of the bidding because they didn't want to be part of a contract with a defective spec. 6 months later I found out what had happened. The chairs were replacements for the Ford Theater in Washington DC (where Lincoln was shot) and were supposed to be identical replicas of the original chairs. The theater was designed with a steep slope to the smooth floor and normal 4 leg chairs just wouldn't have worked.

[organic_smallhome]

Oy. Too bad they lost the contract. Somebody dropped the ball at the Dept. of the Interior, seems to me.

[kls_spencer]

I may be in the minority on this one, but I absolutely LOVE the pattern on that sofa. If you do not purchase it, may I ask where you found it?

[organic_smallhome]

Isn't it gorgeous??? My dh didn't care for it, and it probably would not have gone well in our room, anyway.

Here's the link. It's been on for awhile now, so they've put "best offer" as an option.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-1995-HITCHCO...#ht_3743wt_941

[johnstonamerica]

I have to admit, that pattern doesn't do it for me.

[drcollie]

Holy toledo....who put that sofa together? I looked at the detail photos and that is definitely an amateur upholstery job. There is no pattern match on the front panels or arms whatsover. I would be willing to bet that sofa has been recovered by a hobbyist, not even a professional. Its a total disaster on pattern matching, and no factory would ever put that out. (Sofa cushions may be flipped upside down, but even if they are the match is horrid).