Hijack away, Simona, I'd love to hear what everyone else is ordering from Sequoia. You must have plenty of room to be able to accommodate La Follette. I've always been fascinated by that rose. I'm glad that Grandmas's Hat is a good bloomer after all. Is anyone familiar with Northside Pink, a version of GH from the naval station in Vallejo? I liked the picture of it on HMF. Pam, I'm glad you approve of Reve d'Or. I don't believe I've seen this rose in person but many people on the forum seem to like it. Ingrid

I don't know where I get my information that I seem to have in my head about Coronado, several sources really. Some of it comes from someone who did a video report pre-internet that I have seen, There does seem to be a dearth of information about Coronado. So I think this might be a good place to put out what I think I know, and maybe some one who does the research can correct it. Coronado was a little ambitious company that wanted to be a part of the modern industrialization of the 1800s, in a large part led by Singer, but they did not set out to be a Singer cloning company; They were into metal work. They had a small plant (picture a brick warehouse with a small foundry and a work yard). They were from the start looking for a good product that would make them good money. It didn't go very well; they did piece work, but their main stay, low profit products were toys. They were looking for a solid product line when the sewing machine opportunity arrived, which they enthusiastically dived into. They got rid of all their non sewing machine making tooling and they made their first sewing machines in house. At that time they decided that they needed a "brand name". The owner was aware of the conquistador Coronado, and he was infatuated with the Southwest though he had never been there, but mainly he like the way it sounded: "It's a Coronado". Many people do not realize the high drama around sewing machines. Sewing machines led the industrial revolution, especially about machines and factories. Singer might be said to be the first multi-notional :-), and of course while their patents were in force, they had a monopoly. When the patent monopoly ended, a number of firms jumped in the sewing machine manufacturing game, little guys. So then, National Sewing Machine sets out to consolidate American, non-Singer sewing machine manufacturing. Singer's scale and internationalism as well as National Sewing Machine's name made it plausibly a patriotic business operation, but I think it was simple anti-competitive market consolidation. So after WWII National Sewing Machine's function is taken over by Brother, and National Sewing Machine goes out of business. I would not be surprised if National Sewing Machine and Brother had major stockholders in common at that time. So Coronado was all in on being a sewing machine manufacturer, but was not really set up for such mass production, and were approached by National Sewing Machine to have National Sewing Machine make their machines. They didn't really want National Sewing Machine to make their sewing machines, but could see that they would never be able to compete and stay afloat, so they made the deal to badge their machines. This was in the 1800s. All the other cloning companies were bought up or went out of business. Coronado survived, but turned basically into a sales company, but they had a solid contract so they could compete as an indy label. They did make another short lived attempt at doing something on the engineering side. I think the 2 step button holing sewing machine might be the only thing to come out of it. I'm not sure. The only one I have seen anything on is the one I posted about at: https://www.reddit.com/r/SewingMachinePorn/comments/1ahdwvu/missing_from_the_internet_coronado_451409_sm51409a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 This is an improved rewrite of a post I made there. This is also the machine where I first made note of Coronado, back in the late 1960s or early 1970s. I was a kid. Is this a two step button holer unicorn? If anyone knows of another, let me know .. or where a manual to this machine, a #45-1409, S.M,5-1409A can be found . Some investigative reporter wanted to know what happened to Coronado when the department stores closed and the Coronado machines disappeared from the market. He tracked the company down to a one room office in some low rent office building. He finally got a hold of the man running the place, who was seemingly well into retirement. At some point the owner just made a contract with minor department store companies to do the selling and to furnish them with machines made by his suppliers, and he put the business on auto-pilot.

I realize that this thread is already a couple of years old, but I just wanted to correct the information about the maker. This sofa was made by Drexel as part of the "Triune" collection. I've seen similar pieces often incorrectly attributed to Tomlinson. It was quite common for many furniture makers to patent their designs. However, this didn't prevent competitors from making slight modifications as a work-around in order to cash in on hot trends. Soon after Tomlinson introduced the "Sophisticate" collection in 1956, other makers such as Thomasville (with the "Tamerlane" collection) and Drexel (with the "Meridian" and "Triune" collections) used similar motifs and finishes and are frequently misidentified as Tomlinson. I've included a period ad for TRIUNE by Drexel displaying the sofa upholstered in white. I hope this helps! For reference, this is the Tomlinson Sophisticate sofa that is often mistaken:

please help me consider how to turn this office concept into a cozy sitting room As deco says, we need a floorplan with measurements for your sitting oom area. What elements from the Amanda Darnell guest room do you want to use for your sitting room, besides the Kelly Wearstler wallpaper? Some of the easiest elements to replicate might be a blue rug similar to the carpeting in that room, a vintage coffee table with similar wood and brass, and a similar black table lamp. One thing to keep in mind is that Darnell's room is fairly unfussy, so I would probably forego a chandelier in the kitchen, as you have in one of your inspiration pictures. I'd pick something that would co-ordinate with the light fixtures (table lamps) in the sitting room. Here's a better version of your main inspiration picture, with truer colors,