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Seller's Notes:Cushman Antique Colonial Dining Room set- Solid wood and hand-made. Was originally used in an estate in the Berkshires. Carved in the bottom of each chair is “CUSHMAN 4-24.” The chairs are put together with wooden pegs. One of the chairs has a crack down the seat which is easily repairable. Otherwise, all pieces are in great condition. The table has a built in extendable leaf to seat 8-10. The set includes: Wood Table 6 Chairs China Cabinet Buffet & Hutch The Brand: CUSHMAN A Genuine Cushman Colonial creation. Made in Bennington, Vt. The H.T. Cushman Furniture Co. has a long and interesting history. Mr. Henry Theodore Cushman (1844-1922) was a Civil War veteran and an inveterate inventor from Bennington, Vt. He got into the furniture business by the side door. His first love was thinking up things. He actually invented the pencil eraser, selling the rights to a manufacturing company. In the 1870s, he started one of the early mail-order companies and invented things to sell through his catalog. He developed the first ink eradicator and manufactured some of the earliest roller skates, making one line almost completely of wood and another model that folded into a tube for easy carrying and storage. He got into the furniture business by manufacturing coat racks and inventing the “Ladies Friend,” the first towel rack and sponge holder for the bathroom. After incorporating the company in 1899, Cushman became less inventive and, like almost everybody else at the time, began making Mission furniture. He did develop a popular line of smoking stands, and in 1921, he came out with a line of breakfast room suites. By the 1930s, after Cushman’s death, the company delved heavily into the Colonial Revival, taking pains to simulate the look of hand work. By the 1950s, the company had switched from maple to Canadian yellow birch in its Colonial furniture. Cushman was sold to General Industries in 1964, which spun it off to Green Mountain Furniture Co. of New Hampshire in 1971, which then went out of business in 1980.

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