Stewards of an American Seating Heritage.

In 1898, the Union City Chair Company began producing hospitality-grade seating from Pennsylvania-harvested maple — a wood prized for its density, grain, and resistance to the wear of public-facing rooms. The factory closed decades ago, but a substantial uncirculated contract reserve survived intact.

Today, the archive operates as a B2B-only specialist. We don’t manufacture for the open market and we don’t replicate. Every unit we release is an authenticated piece of a shrinking heritage — paired with the construction quality that built American hospitality interiors.

Our charter is simple: pair operators, designers, and trade partners with frames that outlast modern factory furniture, and do it without the 20–24 week wait that defines custom contract work today.