Post #803343 by mike and marie on Tue, May 3, 2022 8:25 AM

tikicoma, that's incredible! We never heard of a company taking Witco and repurposing it, or modding it and reselling it. Wondering what was going on here. Ficks Reed is pretty collectible as it is. Interesting that it's marketed for the "Florida lifestyle." There was a Kona Kai resort in Key Largo, but we haven't detected any connection.

But we did find one set for sale, $12,500:

"An extremely rare Witco for Ficks Reed Tiki dining table and set of five rolling chairs. This is a Polynesian inspired dining set (or game/bar table) that was part of the Kona Kai line.

"Dining table measures 29.5" high, 48" wide and 48" deep with a knee clearance of 28". Dining chairs measure 34.75" high, 25" wide, 22" deep with an arm height of 22", seat height of 17", seat width of 21.25

"Ficks Reed was founded by Louis Ficks in 1885 as the National Carriage and Reed Company, a New York purveyor of wicker baby carriages. By the turn of the century, however, the company had moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and, under the auspices of Ficks Reed, began manufacturing furniture with wicker, rattan and bamboo."

https://www.chairish.com/product/4715613/mid-20th-century-witco-for-ficks-reed-hand-carved-tiki-dining-table-and-chairs-set-of-6

[ Edited by mike and marie on 2022-05-03 08:25:36 ]