Sears furniture

16 years ago

I can't seem to find any information on furniture called Open Hearth. At least this is the name in one of the drawers in dresser. I have a complete bedroom set and no idea if this is truly antique or just looks old!

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justlinda

16 years ago

Over on the Garden Web Christmas & Holiday Forum, there's a gal who posted this message back in Dec 22, 2007:

In 1946 Sears opened a furniture manufacturing plant in Jackson, MS. They made furniture for Sears only. They made my bedroom suite there. It is "Open Hearth" and I bought it in 1976.

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lindac
16 years ago
Why do you think it's from Sears?
How about a picture?
Linda C
terri0628
Original Author
16 years ago
Linda, there is a label inside one of the drawers with this information on it. (Sears and Open Hearth but nothing else I could go on)
I will take some pics later today and see what other info I can find.
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terri0628
Original Author
16 years ago
Ah ha, thank you justlinda, that might be it. Sounds like it is not so old! :) Here are pics -- sorry for the poor quality:

mirror (dresser)
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dresser:
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chest:
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lindac
16 years ago
It's Chippendale style....certainly not antique.
terri0628
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you, sorry I was certainly on the wrong forum! :)
calliope
16 years ago
No you weren't, terri..........this would be a good place to start to get an idea of whether something was antique or not. I read an ad in an old newspaper not long ago, advertising a sewing cabinet in the Sears Open Hearth line. The paper was from the 1970s. I didn't chime in, because I had no clue how long they'd been carrying that line, but knew they were selling in in the seventies.
lindac
16 years ago
"Sears" used to be Sears Roebuck....they dropped the Roebuck sometime in the 1970s....so if it just says "Sears" you know it's after that.
I have an "antique" walnut spinet desk with a Sears Roebuck label....at least I hope that label is still there! The desk is not a fine antique by any means, but it's cute....and I like that is had a Sears and Roebuck label
Linda C