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drcollie
Yes, I think that is reasonable - lower mid on that. I like to think of furniture as falling into tiers based on construction and how they tailor it. For example:
"A" Tier (Hancock & Moore, Leathercraft, etc). Solid Hardwood Frames, 8-Way Hand-tied Springs, Legs secured to frame, Qualux Cores or better, stitched seam corners, tight gaps.
"B" Tier (Bradington Young, Classic Leather, etc). Plywood frame, 8-Way Looped, Some spin-on legs, Qualux Cores or better, folded corners.
"C" Tier (American Leather, Natuzzi, etc) Plywood frame, no sag springs or Pirelli webbing, torsion springs, spin-on legs, HR Foam corms with poly fill backs, loose gaps.
And so on....some companies like Smith Bros don't fit the mold (they use solid hardwood frames but sinuous springs so I'd put them in "B"....and there is nothing necessarily wrong with being in one or the other tier, its just that you should know what you're paying for within a category.
As to why they don't to a halfway decent description? MARKETING! Usually only the top tier makers will tell you the rest prefer a little smoke and mirrors. My favorite phrase seen in that regard is "We use only the finest engineered hardwoods in our frame construction" and that means...>PLYWOOD<.....lol