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@Eric99 , is this an inherited family piece? Or did you acquire it from somebody else? Just wondering whether you know more of the story of the Hazlet family. And, welcome to Antiquers!

 

I think we all appreciate James adding Cincinnati's history - history and knowledge is everything when it comes to furniture.... very interesting.

 

I don't know why but for some reason Cincinnati gets short shrift in manufactured furniture and Grand Rapids seems to get all the glory in that area. The truth is, Cincinnati was a major player and gave GR a run for their money for most of the 19th century in manufacturing American furniture.

 

"I don't know why but for some reason Cincinnati gets short shrift in manufactured furniture and Grand Rapids seems to get all the glory in that area. The truth is, Cincinnati was a major player and gave GR a run for their money for most of the 19th century in manufacturing American furniture."

True enough. The only thing I can think of is that all trembled before the might of Berkey & Gay in the late 19th century, the nation's most prolific. Great quality, too.

Mitchell & Rammelsberg put Cincy on the map decades before that, but it seems they were in decline by the 1880s.