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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Karpen 3-piece wicker set

« on: January 31, 2013, 12:21:02 pm »

Thanks everybody for your help on my 3-piece Karpen wicker set. The vintage, Scotland-based magazine advertisement piece was very interesting! I've posted my set on Craig's List - we'll see how that goes.

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Antique Questions Forum / Karpen 3-piece wicker set

« on: January 26, 2013, 09:02:30 am »

I have a set of three Karpen-made wicker pieces: a wicker couch, chair and round side table. An oval, brass tag underneath the tabletop says: "Karpen Guaranteed Construction Furniture Chicago, Michigan City New York." All three pieces have been painted green, although from the looks of the underside of the table it, at least, was painted white at some point. The tabletop is wooden with wicker braided around the outside. It measures 24¼ across and 29¾ high.The couch and chair have iron springs underneath and have attractive, decorative, wicker-woven insets on the back and sides. Both were professionally re-upholstered in the mid-'80s (the couch has 3 cushions and the chair 1) all in excellent condition other than the chair having an easily repairable 3-inch seam opening along the piping toward the back. All three pieces are solid as a rock. Any ideas on how much I should ask for this set?