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The Suzanne Kasler Collection for Hickory Chair: Soft Colour, Clean Lines

The Suzanne Kasler Collection for Hickory Chair pairs soft, restrained color with architectural line. Available through Sutter & Vale, it draws on over a century of bench-made upholstery and ca...

Theodore Alexander and Stephen Church: English Furniture Making Today

The Stephen Church Collection by Theodore Alexander is a line of traditional English furniture designed and made by Stephen Church, a Master Cabinetmaker working in the tradition of Adam, Chippenda...

McGuire Furniture: Natural Luxury Without Pretense

McGuire is a California furniture house with more than seven decades of making behind it, now part of Baker Furniture and carried at Sutter & Vale. Every piece is bent, woven and formed by hand...

Maitland-Smith: Antique-Dealer Origins and the Craft That Followed

Maitland-Smith was founded by a London antiques dealer whose knowledge of period furniture shaped every technique the house still uses. At Sutter & Vale, the Maitland-Smith collection carries t...

The Hancock & Moore Leather Sofa: What You Are Paying For

Hancock & Moore has built leather seating in Hickory, North Carolina, since 1981. The house selects hide to a standard most upholstery makers never reach, then benches every piece by hand using...

What Is Quiet Luxury? The Furniture Houses That Defined It Before It Had a Name

Quiet luxury in furniture means proportion, material and making over logos and status signals. Baker Furniture, Hickory Chair and Theodore Alexander, all available through Sutter & Vale, define...

Hooker Furnishings: American Furniture for Every Room of the House

Hooker Furnishings produces casegoods and upholstered pieces across traditional, transitional, and modern styles, covering dining, bedroom, living, home office, and accent categories under one roof...

Global Views and the Art of the Unexpected Accent

Global Views brings together decorative objects drawn from design traditions across multiple continents, giving each piece enough individual character to anchor a room without locking it into a sin...

Caracole's Modern Take on Luxury: Why Designers Keep Coming Back

Caracole's fashion-forward contemporary line gives designers a reliable answer to a common brief: a room that reads as modern and glamorous without tipping into excess. Sutter & Vale carries th...

John Richard: Art and Furniture Under One Roof

John Richard makes decorative furniture, lighting, mirrors, and accessories under a single artistic sensibility, so a room can be built from one source without reconciling competing design language...