Foot Stool-Hitchcock Chair Company

L. Hitchcock c.1818-1834 18.25'' L x 13.75'' W x 18.5 H The original Hitchcock Chair Company got its start in 1818 by Lambert Hitchcock when he opened a furniture factory in Riverton, Connecticut, then called Hitchcocksville.  The company soon went from manufacturing chair pieces to making full pieces of furniture. Each piece was known for the beautiful hand-stenciled detail. The original Hitchcock Chair Company went through many names and ownership changes between the time it declared bankruptcy in 1829 until the mill closed shop as a chair company in 1864. It merged with Alford & Co. in 1834. In 1843, he sold his interest in the company and started a new company in Unionville ,Connecticut, which also failed. He had started and opened a small cabinet shop that he ran until his death in 1852.  The Hitchcock Chair Company had a second chance in 1946 when John Kenney became fascinated by the story of Lambert Hitchcock and reopened the company. By the mid-1950s and '60s, the Hitchcoc