Posted 6 years ago
jimstiver
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This is my Pap’s old chair. He passed about two years ago. My mother was going to through it out, but I decided to keep it. My plan was to “restore” it. I haven’t found many others on line that are the same green color. I was hoping to find out more info here. If anyone has any info it would be greatly appreciated.
Here's an example of a chair that's very, very close to yours. It too was green to begin with.
https://legaseat.com/portfolio/1940s-bl-marble-banker-chair/
Some history on the B.L. Marble Chair Co.:
http://www.bedfordohiohistory.org/build/marble.php
This should be helpful to you. They also help with values. Found it on the web. Good Luck.
Flip your chair and look under the seat. It will have either a paper tag or crayon or chalk markings that tell the production details of your chair. It may also have a metal plate with the company name -- these are in several designs, and not all the chairs have them. Note the production numbers, and photograph the tags and labels.
Call or write the Bedford Historical Society. It keeps hundreds of books containing serial numbers, but the number sequences don't necessarily tell the age of the chairs, Caldwell said. Historical society workers are happy to look up numbers for people and help them do research. The historical society, PO Box 46282, Bedford, Ohio 44146-0282, is open 7:30 to 10 p.m. Monday and Wednesday evening, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, and 2 to 5 p.m. the second Sunday each month, as of time of publication. The society takes calls from the public at 440-232-0796. Caldwell also suggests sending a photo or photos of your chair.
I seem to find quite a few of these green chairs in chair auction sites so I have to assume they are quite common.