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We enjoy hearing from you and sharing with you the interesting pieces that were built by The Sikes Chair Company. For those of you who do not use digital cameras and find sending images via e-mail a trial, you are invited to send regular photo prints to the Webmaster, 506 Bosque Vista, San Antonio, TX 78258 where they will be scanned and placed on the site. |
 I have a sikes
rocker owned by my inlaws given as a wedding present over
100 years ago. Does anyone know the exact age of the chair. The number
is 1318. Gloria Stanton
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 hello, found your site while researching the
partial label on this chair. i believe it to be a Sikes
chair. the label reads buffalo branch, buffalo new
york. maker's name missing. a very well built chair
with dramatic quartersawn oak grain and a carved back splat. from a
zanesville ohio estate. love your site...............mike
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I hope
you will be able to help me with an
unconventional question or refer me to someone. I have a beautiful Sikes bureau from my mother, who purchased it from The Sikes Company in the 1950s. We've had the piece in storage for almost 15 years and were finally able to retrieve it last week. Unfortunately, both of the side doors on the bureau are locked, and of course we can't find the key. A locksmith unsuccessfully tried to pick the lock, remarking, "they sure don't make them like that anymore." We've also purchased several skeleton keys, but none of them work either. The locksmith said that the only way we'd be able to open the doors would damage the woodwork -- something I emphatically do not want to do. It's a beautiful piece with tremendous sentimental value. My question: how can I obtain a key to open the doors? Could you please help? By the way, I've also got a copy of a charming letter to my mother on Sikes letterhead from a Sales Manager named Robert A. Joslin, with detailed instructions on the best way to clean Sikes wood products. Many thanks, Holly Murten, Washington, DC Readers, we would like your help on locating a proper key for this piece of furniture. If you can help, please email this webmistress and put Sikes Furniture Key in the subject line. |
I just discovered your website. I am sitting in a Sikes made captains
chair similar to one I see on your site. I am looking to buy a dining
set and I realized that all I want is more of what I already have! I
peeked under this chair that I found at a goodwill and saw the Sikes
name.
Is Sikes still in business? I would love to have more of this beautiful and comfortable furniture! I will attach a photo from your site that is the exact same type of chair I am talking about. Thank you for reading! I would appreciate any ideas you might have about this. Sincerely, Dorsey Roe Santa Monica, CA. |
  
 If any viewers have info on this piece I would
love to hear from you. It was purchased about 18 years ago in
Portland, Oregon. Underneath bottom drawer is a
sticker: The Sikes Co. Philadelphia with a handwritten no.118.
Also no.118 and G596.C are stamped on as well. This is a very
ornate piece.
Sincerely, Chris
Wallace
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My Daughter recently
gave me four Chairs and
a Dining Room Table. I just finished restoring the chairs and have enclosed photos. During the restoration I found black and I think gold or yellow labels on the chairs that said Sikes Chair Company, Buffalo New York. The labels were kind of faded and very dried out but I believe the Model # is either 1510 or T510. I have no idea how old the chairs are but I am guessing 1920's or there abouts. I could not find a label on the table unfortunately. Sincerely, Tom Wagner |
 I am Lyne Shackelford from Fredericksburg, VA. I ran across your wonderful web site while researching Sikes Chairs and thought I'd contribute photos of an Arts & Crafts style Morris Chair bearing the Sikes Philadelphia label. Based on information from your site, I'm guessing that the chair was made sometime between 1900 - 1916. This Morris chair has been in my family for three generations, my grandfather, father, and I having used it. My grandfather worked in Philadelphia for the Gov't during WWI, so he may have purchased it there. I received it from my father around 1984 after it had been in storage. At that time, it was in need of repair, and I refinished it and recovered the original cushions in red leather. Before I got it, the chair was almost black with dirt and old varnish. When the old finish was removed, the oak grain reappeared and I found that the front stretcher and arms were quarter sawn. It is a tribute to your family that this beautiful piece continues to be used and appreciated. I have not seen another one quite like it on your site, so if you do post this note & photos, please include my email address, so others might be able to contact me if additional information about the company is found. Note that the Sikes label is torn, so I do not have a product/model number. Thank you very much. Lyne lshacke171@adelphia.net |
Here's some photos
of my Sikes Draftsman's chair, ca 1915. I found it
yesterday at a group shop in Hampton, NH.
After coming across your website, I thought I'd forward these photos for your enjoyment, and provenance for your family. It has a swivel back (very unusual), stainless steel foot rest, and an adjustable back which tilts to your pleasure and comfort. It stands approximately 43 inches tall, and is all oak. Very heavy, too. The condition is like new. I love the beautiful design, coupled with the gorgeous quarter sewn Tiger Oak. The chair has numerous adjustments for tension and swivel features. It also can go up as high as 5 feet, due to a worm gear in the bottom. It truly looks like a piece of functional and utilitarian scultpure. Regards, Schani Krug
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I have acquired a piece of furniture that was
made by The Sikes Co. of Philadelphia. I have included the pictures. We are an Ebay consign- ment store and one of our customers brought this piece in. It is a side/end/nightstand table. From what I have read on your website, it is rare to find a table that was manufactured by Sikes, so I decided to share these pictures. I'm sorry that I have not much of a story to go with it. It is gorgeous and well crafted. The previous owner purchased it in an Antique shop several years ago, but she is down- sizing her home and because of its size we are selling it for her. Michele Nace, Owner - We Sell It Now, Inc. |
 Hi, l traveling with some friends in Mont Vermont
NY and l see this chair at the sidewalk close to the garbage.
So l take it home, and now l know the chair is
a Sikes Chair.
l don't know nothing about this chair,,,but l
m posting some pic to get some information about it..
It was made in philaderphia....and have a #4163 at
the left side leg....If you can give any information about l'll
apreciate...
Thank you.
Santy Cordero santy725@verizon.net |
 This is a chair that my
mother aquired
in Buffalo, NY the early 1970s from a lady in her apartment building
who was moving into a senior home. The chair (and desk that is not
Sikes) both come from a furniture store in Buffalo NY. Just sending the
photo along to add to your collection since there don't seem to be any
chairs like it in your gallery yet. Thanks, Beky Branagan |
 Attached are pictures of a chair that my wife and |
| I recently
aquired an office chair that has the Sikes logo on the
adjustments knobs can you give me an approximate date this chair
was made it is a very well built chair for its age no refinishing
has been done on this chair it still has the scuff marks on the
legs where the coasters are looks like the use to prop there feet
underneath the chair pedestal this looks to be a mahogany wood any
information would be greatly appreciated thank you very much.
Autodr1980@aol.com Readers, can you help? As mentioned repeatedly on these web pages -- we do not deal in antique furniture and do not know the value or age of any piece. The earliest record of The Sikes Chair Company is from a letterhead stating the company was founded in 1859. The most recent date of any transaction we have been given is in the 1960's. To arrive at a date for your particular piece of Sikes furniture, you will have to study styles which were popular in any decade. |
| I
have just purchased six (6) T-back
leather seat chairs in an
antiques shop in Salem, Virginia. They are made of "Tiger" oak and each
has a paper label identifying it as a Sikes chair made in Buffalo,
N.Y.(Buffalo Branch). There are no numbers on the labels They
are in
excellent condition though the leather of the seats is a bit on
the
"dry" side. Nothing that Murphy's Oil will not improve! I'm very proud
of them and they look great around the dining room table in my
1912
Gustav Stickley house. I will not bother to send a picture for
they are
indentical to the two chairs listed and photographed by Ms Karen
Seagrave. Thank you for ths site. Pierre
Jacoebee. Roanoke, Virginia |
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I just discovered your
web site in my search
for a hinge that would repair one of the leaves on a little end table I
purchased for nothing at a community yard sale in Lincoln,
Massachusetts. The small drop-leaf table is 20" H x 20" W and 30" L
with two wings creating the length, when extended, that are each 9"
wide. It is painted a
mahogany color. The leafs are supported underneath by (wing shaped)
wood braces that can be turned out or in. The two upright end boards
that form the base have two heart-shaped openings placed top to top
vertically. Sturdy little thing. There is a faded label on the under
side that says Sikes
Chair Company, Pattern 2702, Finish: Boston. Buffalo NY. The hinge
is approximately 2 5/8" long by 1" wide, with the shorter wing of the
hinge being 1" long. The hinge is 100% unique and I cannot find a
replacement. Ramsey Raymond Shortly after sending in this information, Mr. Raymond found a single remaining hinge in a nearby business. He learned the hinges had been discontinued about eight years ago. |
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I have the same exact chair as George Short - I bought it last month at
a consignment shop for $46. It is in original condition. The iron work
on my chair is black; the chair is from Sikes PA. Nice to know some history about Sikes - very interesting to read why the seat is so short. Regards, Elisabeth Roberts |
| Mr. John Werschey is right - there is at least one more #1460 chair. I picked up mine at a tag sale in Fairfield, CT. There is some damage to the back, and some idiot use some paint remover on the seat! It will stay with us regardless. Dan Hamner |
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I aquired a piece of
Sikes furniture at an Antique show in Hamburg, N.Y. two years
ago. I just recently found your website and was amazed at all the
Sikes out there. However, I have not seen the piece that I
have. It is a two person love-seat, with a heart shaped
back, spindles along the back part. It is very sturdy and
wonderfully crafted. On the bottom it has the carved in stamping,
A Product of Master Craftsmen Sikes of Buffalo est. 1859. Along with
the original blue label stating; pattern 700444, wood B, Finish
B. I would love to find out more information on this piece. If
there are any readers of your website that might know it would be
greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Jennifer Heidenfeldt
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