King Hickory - Quality or Crap?

12 years ago

Hey everyone! I was wondering if some furniture pros could give their thoughts on King Hickory furniture. I've seen both positive and negative reviews, but all pretty anecdotal and no real analysis on quality of the furniture. So, what are our thoughts on it?

From their website, this is what I found out. Seems like a lot of words... but is any of it indicative of supreme quality?

"Standard Construction Features
Hardwood kiln dried frames.
Frames are double-dowelled and glued for strength.
Corners are blocked, glued and fastened.
Legs are built into the frame where styling allows.
Eight way hand tied spring base construction.
Double cone, high carbon, tempered steel springs.
Spring front edge for extended cushion life where styling allows.
Marshall Coil spring backs where styling allows.
High resiliency foam seat cushions.
Cushions wrapped in a bag filled with fiber for maximum comfort and crown.
Back cushions are fiber filled & channeled to prevent sagging.
Exposed wood legs made from slect hardwoods.
Skirts are fully lined and tailored.
Fabrics are matched top to bottom and from side to side on skirts.
Outside backs (except cambelbacks) are matched.
Floral fabrics are flow matched from the cushion to the skirt.
Front skirt welts are pattern matched.
Fabrics are not restricted to any particular styles.
All leather and leather fabric styles are fully padded on the outsides."

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iCustomSofa

12 years ago

They are mid-to mid-upper end, this segment of the industry is very competitive. Their are many other manufacturers that are in the same price/quality category.
The above description is not actually correct, as many if not most of their frames are plywood frames without spring-edge seats.
Anytime your paying $2000. plus for a sofa covered in their grade 1 or grade A fabric, it should be hardwood kiln dried frames, double-doweled and glued, 8-way tied coil spring seats, fully lined and padded, "be well tailored", stripe / flow-matched, skirts fitted at ends: not folded back under, Seat cushions should be 2.0+ density HR foam core wrapped with soft HR toppers: not polyester wrap or fill. But this will require quite a bit of effort to find this quality of sofa anymore.

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Idealistic
12 years ago
You can always find worse Leathercraft has worse quality and all their leather comes from overseas as well as a good bit of the frames. So watch who you deal with true Hancock and Moore for leather and Wesley Hall for fabric.
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K B
6 years ago
2 year old king hickory couch
C C
6 years ago
K B. I am looking for a new sofa. I have a budget of $1500-2000 which I think is enough to get me a decent sofa. But pilling fabric seems to be a problem with all the sofas I am looking at. I'm guessing you spent more than $2000. How disappointing.
us331242
5 years ago
Microfiber doesnt pill. ive owned a King Hickory sofa since 2003 and it still looks great. i have it cleaned every year with my area rugs too. microfiber can be treated to repeal stains and water so its each cleanup too. the guys that do the cleaning can retreat it evey few years too.
Dewey Harding
3 years ago
I spent over 10,000 for Sofa, 2 chairs and 2 ottamans, all leather. This furniture is pure junk! You sit in the chairs and the foam is so substandard the frame over time bruises your ribs. I gave up with the distributer, Hudsons Furniture in Winter Garden, Florida and called King Hickory direct, Susie in Customer Service on 6-14-23. They were to contact the distributer….have not heard one thing…..Thats King Hickory.

Dewey Harding
Roxane Bidlack
last year
last modified: last year
Late chiming in on this, but I’ve had a King Hickory sofa for over 30 years. Still looks great. It’s 8 way hand tied. I think i paid $80O for it back then. Custom ordered it from Lauman‘s furniture in Maryland.
Roxane Bidlack
last year