How to find out more information about this antique Sears chair?
September 19, 2020 9:04 AM Subscribe
My Google-fu is failing me, I have a Sears chair that I'm guessing is from the late 60s to early 70s, it even has a tag with the original model number "726" and then an additional handwritten model number ( I guess?) of 16977.
You can see a number of images of the chair and the tags at this photo gallery.
Despite the labels, nothing similar seems to appear in my searches, any help?
Response by poster: I have not tried searching the catalog collection, but now I know it exists. Thx!
Yes, in general I'm trying to find out more information about it, including what it looked like new.
I could be wrong, but I don't think the whole chair was made by Flexsteel, there's a steel ribbon support underneath the felt cover that I didn't take a picture of, I believe it's just that component that is Flexsteel.
posted by jeremias at 9:41 AM on September 19, 2020
Yes, in general I'm trying to find out more information about it, including what it looked like new.
I could be wrong, but I don't think the whole chair was made by Flexsteel, there's a steel ribbon support underneath the felt cover that I didn't take a picture of, I believe it's just that component that is Flexsteel.
posted by jeremias at 9:41 AM on September 19, 2020
Per the company history, "1970 also marked Flexsteel's entry in the exposed wood chair business."
posted by Iris Gambol at 9:46 AM on September 19, 2020
posted by Iris Gambol at 9:46 AM on September 19, 2020
Sears always numbered their models and parts with a decimal (i.e. not two distinct numbers) so perhaps searching on 726.16977 will work better.
posted by JoeZydeco at 10:40 AM on September 19, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by JoeZydeco at 10:40 AM on September 19, 2020 [2 favorites]
I used to work in a SEARS furniture department! I wish that meant I could identify your chair, but I can say that most likely 726 is the department number and 16977 is the item number. That’s how we rang up items that didn’t scan, and how they rang them up back in the days before scanning. I don’t remember any of the actual department numbers but they were all three digits, followed by a five-digit item number. There were different three-digit numbers for ready-to-assemble, casegoods, mattresses, home decor, etc.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 11:47 AM on September 19, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by The Underpants Monster at 11:47 AM on September 19, 2020 [5 favorites]
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It was actually made by Flexsteel, so that might aid your search. Are you trying to figure out what it looked like new?
posted by fiercekitten at 9:27 AM on September 19, 2020