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Soap Hollow Furniture
Soap Hollow furniture was produced roughly from 1830 to 1890 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The name was reportedly coined from the brown soft soap produced throughout the region, which lies in a hollow. This Western Pennsylvania enclave of Mennonite cabinetmakers worked predominately north of Davidsville in Conemaugh Township. Collectors and dealers alike highly value Soap Hollow furniture in today’s marketplace and the best pieces continue to escalate in price.
Eight cabinetmakers [...] Click here to continue reading.
Maple & Co.
Established in 1841 on the Tottenhan Court Road in London by a 26 year old John Maple, Maple & Co. was a designer, decorator, builder, manufacturer and, most of all, a retailer of fine furnishings to the English carriage trade. At its peak in Edwardian London, Maple & Co was known as “The largest and most convenient,” not just in the West End of London or London as a whole or [...] Click here to continue reading.
Sally Abney Rose
The late Sally Abney Rose (1915 to 2005) had an eye for aesthetics, and appreciated beauty in the garden as well as the home. She was an accredited flower judge, and founder of Our Garden Club in Anderson, South Carolina. Her acquisitive nature and wide ranging tastes are hinted at in her extensive collection of antiques and decorative arts. She collected early South Carolina and Georgia furniture and country accessories, but [...] Click here to continue reading.
Richard Harrison Doughty
Richard Doughty (1923 to 2003) was a well known teacher, historian, and collector in Greeneville, Tennessee. He was a descendant of early settlers in Greene County, was a graduate of Tusculum College and in 1947 received a Masters Degree from the University of Tennessee. Mr. Doughty spent much of his life researching the history of the region, particularly its decorative arts. In 1975 he published much of his research in Greeneville, [...] Click here to continue reading.
Hitchcock Chairs & Furniture
In 1826, master craftsman Lambert Hitchcock built his factory beside the Farmington River in what is known today as Riverton, Connecticut. The factory provided jobs for the local population and became so important to the community, the little hamlet once called “Fork-of-the-Rivers” came to be known as Hitchcocks-ville.
While the art of chair making was well established in Connecticut, Hitchcock introduced new and improved production methods using interchangeable parts. He [...] Click here to continue reading.
Byrdcliffe Arts & Crafts Colony
As noted in Popular Woodworking, furniture built by the Byrdcliffe Arts & Crafts Colony between 1903 and 1905 is rare, unusual and expensive. Instead of pricey quartersawn white oak, many Byrdcliffe pieces were built from inexpensive poplar. And instead of the fussy ammonia fuming process used by many Arts & Crafts manufacturers to color their furniture, many Byrdcliffe pieces were left uncolored to show off the grain.Scholars are unsure [...] Click here to continue reading.
Goodwin and Company
J. P. Goodwin and Company was a San Francisco furniture manufacturer and retailer operating from 1862 to circa 1878.
Phoenix Furniture Company
The Phoenix Furniture Co. was started by William A. Berkey from the assets of Atkins and Soule of Grand Rapids in 1872. The company was successful by filling a niche in early Grand Rapids furniture manufacturing, with the production of upholstered parlor furniture. David Wolcott Kendall served as chief designer from 1879 until his death in 1910, positioning the company as an innovator in Oriental-influenced Reform and Mission furniture. The company [...] Click here to continue reading.
Berkey and Gay Furniture Company
Berkey and Gay manufactured and upholstered furniture in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1866 to 1931, and again from 1935 to 1948.
Stickley Brothers Furniture Co.
Two of the five famous Stickley Brothers, Albert and John George Stickley, founded the Stickley Brothers Furniture Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1891, both having worked with their three other brothers in a similar company in New York. John George returned to New York in 1900 to form the L. and J. G. Stickley Furniture Co. with his brother Leopold. Albert remained in Michigan and operated the “Brothers” company [...] Click here to continue reading.
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