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800 BC |
Nimrud, capital of Assyria, 500 miles east of Byblos, sample of ivory carving from a piece of furniture depicting a woman in a window wearing an Egyptian wig. Links: Assyria, Furniture 
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1368 1644 |
The period of the Ming Dynasty in China. Classical Chinese furniture refers to furniture made during the Ming and early Ching (1644-1912). During the Ming Dynasty the Great Wall of China was extended and renovated with watch towers and canons. Links: China, Furniture
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1765 |
Shaw Furniture of Cambridge, Mass., was in business as early as this time and continued operating into the 1920s. During the 18th century Shaw made furniture using convict labor from Charleston State Prison. Links: USA, Massachusetts, Furniture
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1835 |
The Paine Furniture Co. began operations in Boston, Mass. It later moved to Cape Cod changed its name to Paine’s Patio. Links: USA, Massachusetts, Furniture
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1847 |
Richard Mitchell (1811-1899) and Frederick Rammelsberg (1814-1863) founded Mitchell & Rammelsberg to manufacture furniture in Cincinnati, Ohio. Links: USA, Ohio, Antique, Furniture
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1855 |
Jakob Hunzinger (1835-1898), German cabinet maker, moved to the US and opened a furniture manufacturing shop in NYC. Links: USA, Germany, NYC, Furniture
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1858 |
Tell City, Ind., was founded as a planned community of Swiss furniture craftsmen from Cincinnati, Ohio. Links: USA, Switzerland, Ohio, Indiana, Antique, Furniture
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1865 |
Swiss furniture craftsmen formed the Chair Makers Union of Tell City, Ind. This later became the Tell City Chair Co. Links: USA, Switzerland, Indiana, Antique, Furniture
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1872 Jun 4 |
Harvey Flint (d.1882) patented his Quaker Bitters, a general cure-all with 21.4% alcohol. He had recently left a family furniture business in Providence, Rhode Island, and began making Quaker Bitters under the name Flint & Co. Links: USA, Medical, Liquor, Rhode Island, Furniture
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1875 |
Amos G. Rhodes opened his first retail furniture store in Atlanta, Ga. The company expanded to 80 stores in 13 states, but went bankrupt in 2005. Links: GeorgiaUS, USA, Retail, Furniture
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1879 |
The American Furniture Co. was first organized in Batesville, Ind. It was re-organized in 1888 and in 1930 merged with 2 other firms to form RomWeber Co. Links: USA, Indiana, Furniture
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1880 |
Andrew J. Cron joined R.B. Kills to found Cron Kills Co., a furniture manufacturer, in Piqua, Ohio. Links: USA, Ohio, Furniture
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1881 |
David and William White founded their White Furniture Co. in Mebane, NC. The business continued until 1993. Links: USA, North Carolina, Furniture
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1881 |
George B. Mattoon founded his Mattoon Manufacturing Co. in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. From 1904 to the 1950s the company manufactured upscale furniture. The name of the company was changed to Northern Furniture following Mattoon’s death (1916), when the Reiss family took over and re-named it R-Way Furniture. The Northern Furniture brand name continued. Links: USA, Wisconsin, Furniture
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1886 |
The Grand Rapids School Furniture Company was founded in Grand Rapids, Mich. By 1899 the company had merged with 18 others to form the American Seating Co. of NYC. Links: USA, Michigan, Furniture
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1887 |
Pennsylvania House was founded in Lewisburg, Pa., to make high-quality case furniture. In 2000 La-Z-Boy bought the company and in 2004 moved production to China. Links: USA, Pennsylvania, Furniture
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1889 |
Louis Frederick Nonnast (41), a German immigrant (1865), had his own Chicago furniture factory by this time. In 1914 the firm was renamed Louis F. Nonnast & Sons. Links: USA, Chicago, Furniture
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1892 |
The Royal furniture Co. began operating in Grand Rapids, Mich., and continued to 1931. In 1901 Robert Irwin bought a controlling interest and in 1919 combined royal with the Phoenix furniture Co., also in Grand Rapids, to form the Robert W. Irwin Co, which closed in 1953. Links: USA, Michigan, Furniture
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1893 |
Otto H.L. Wernicke founded the Wernicke Furniture Co. in Minneapolis, Minn., to manufacture his patented elastic bookcases, later known as stackable bookcases. In 1897 he moved the business to Grand Rapids, Mich. Links: USA, Minnesota, Furniture
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1896 |
Fred Macey opened his own furniture factory in Grand Rapids, Mich. His company made rolltop desks and other furniture. In 1905 he merged with Wernicke Furniture to form Macey-Wernicke Co., which name was simplified in 1908 to Macey Co. It went out of business in 1940. Links: USA, Michigan, Furniture
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1896 |
The Luce Furniture Co. began operations in Grand Rapids, Mich., and continued to 1930. In 1912 it claimed to be the largest shipper of Mission dining room furniture in the country. The company reorganized and reopened from 1935 to 1938. Links: USA, Michigan, Furniture
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1897 |
Otto H.L. Wernicke moved his Wernicke Furniture Co. from Minneapolis, Minn., to Grand Rapids, Mich. Links: USA, Minnesota, Michigan, Furniture
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1900 |
Frank Doernbecher (d.1921) founded Doernbecher Manufacturing in Portland, Oregon. The company was eventually taken over by Barker Furniture. Links: USA, Oregon, Furniture
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1903 |
F. Stuart Foote founded the Imperial Furniture Co. in Grand Rapids, Mich. The company was sold in 1954. Links: USA, Michigan, Furniture
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1904 |
Otto H.L. Wernicke joined his Michigan furniture business with the Ohio Globe Files Co. to form the Globe-Wernicke Co. Around 1905 Wernicke Furniture purchased the Fred Macey Furniture Co. and began making stackable bookcases. Globe-Wernicke sued Macey in 1906 for using its patents. After years of litigation Globe lost. Links: USA, Ohio, Michigan, Furniture
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1905 |
Alliance Furniture was founded in Jamestown, NY, by a group of 8 partners of Swedish heritage. The company manufactured high-quality dining-room furniture until at least the 1950s. Links: USA, New York, Furniture
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1906 |
Arthur and Lucia Matthews opened their Furniture Shop in the California Street home of John Zeile in order to contribute to the aesthetic rebuilding of SF following the earthquake. The shop closed in 1920. Links: USA, SF, Furniture
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1906 |
The B.F. Huntley Furniture Co. opened in Winston-Salem, NC. It had been organized as the Oakland Furniture Co. in 1898. In 1929 it was purchased by the Simmons Co., then based in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Links: USA, North Carolina, Furniture
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1912 |
Eric B. Savage incorporated his M.W. Savage Factories in Minneapolis. His was one of the first mail-order furniture houses. Links: USA, Minnesota, Furniture
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1931 |
Castro Convertible Corp. began operating in New York as a maker of convertible sofa beds. It was sold to Krause’s Furniture in 1993. Krause closed in 2002. Links: USA, New York, Furniture
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1932 |
Barzilla L. Marble (b.1851), Ohio chair maker, died. His B.L. Marble Chair Co. made chairs for homes from 1894 to 1910, when the company switched to making office furniture. In 1965 Marble Chair merged with the Dictaphone Corp. Links: USA, Ohio, Furniture
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1938 |
Hans G. Knoll (d.1955), Germany immigrant, founded the Knoll furniture company in NYC. Knoll was the scion of a family that had founded a furniture business in Germany in 1865. In 1946 he married Florence Schust (1917-2019), a designer who had joined his firm in 1943. In 2010 Brian Lutz authored “”Knoll: A Modernist Universe.” Links: USA, NYC, Biography, Furniture
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1956 Feb 14 |
The B.F. Huntley furniture plant in Winston-Salem, NC, was destroyed by fire. The factory was rebuilt and the Huntley name continued until it was sold to Thomasville Furniture Industries in 1961. Links: USA, North Carolina, Fire, Furniture
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1968 |
SF State engineering student Charles Hall debuted his waterbed, an 8-foot-square, heated "Pleasure Pit," at a gallery on Leavenworth St. Links: USA, SF, Furniture
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1978 Aug 21 |
Charles Eames (1907-1978), an American polymath artist, died. Together with his wife he designed numerous objects, furniture and made more than 75 films. Links: Artist, USA, Film, Furniture
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1980 |
Prof. John Kassay (1919-2005) authored “The Book of Shaker Furniture.” Links: USA, Books, Furniture
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1983 Dec |
Segundo Marey, a French furniture dealer, was kidnapped from his home in France as a suspected Basque terrorist. In 1998 in Spain former Interior Minister Jose Barrionuevo and Rafael Vera, former director of state security, were arrested for the kidnapping and misappropriation of government funds for the crimes along with Julian Sancristobal, former civil governor of Vizcaya province. Links: Spain, France, ETA, Furniture
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1998 Apr 29 |
In England it was reported that Nicholas van Hoogstraten was building the largest and most expensive house of the century in Sussex, named Hamilton Place at a cost of $50 million. The palace was to include a gallery for his French furniture and a mausoleum for his future. Links: Britain, Architect, Furniture
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1998 |
Tibor Kalman published "Chairman," a tribute to Swiss chair entrepreneur Rolf Fehlbaum, head of the Vitra furniture company. It traces the development of chairs through history. Links: Switzerland, Books, Furniture
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2004 Dec 3 |
In Russia 15 people were killed when a fire broke out in a furniture factory warehouse in the Moscow region. Links: Russia, Fire, Furniture
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2004 Dec 10 |
A US trade panel gave final approval to anti-dumping duties of up to 198 percent on imports of about $1.2 billion worth of wooden bedroom furniture from China. Links: USA, China, Furniture
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2007 Jan 26 |
Hans J. Wegner (b.1914), Danish furniture designer, died in Copenhagen. He created an average of five chairs for every year of his life. Links: Denmark, Architect, Furniture
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2007 Jun 18 |
In Charleston, SC, a fire swept through a furniture warehouse, collapsing the building's roof and claiming the lives of nine firefighters. Links: USA, South Carolina, Fire, Furniture
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2009 Jan 12 |
Sofa retailer Land of Leather filed for bankruptcy protection, becoming the latest British retailer to succumb to a downturn in consumer spending amid the global economic slowdown. Links: Britain, Furniture
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2009 Sep 9 |
James Krenov, world-renowned cabinetmaker, died in Fort Bragg, Ca. His first book was titled “A Cabinetmaker’s Notebook” was published in 1976. Links: USA, California, Furniture
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2009 Oct 11 |
Alan Peters (76), British master furniture maker, died. Links: Britain, Furniture
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2018 Jun 7 |
Sweden-based IKEA, the world's biggest furniture retailer, said it plans to use only renewable and recycled materials in its products by 2030. Links: Sweden, Furniture
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2020 Jan 6 |
Ikea confirmed that it had agreed to pay $46 million to the parents of a 2-year-old California boy, Jozef Dudek, who was killed when one of the giant furniture company's dressers toppled over onto him in 2017. Links: USA, California, Lawsuit, Furniture
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2021 Jan 14 |
Sweden-based Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA stores, said it had acquired more forest land in the United States as part of the world's biggest furniture group's goal to become carbon neutral by 2030. Links: USA, Sweden, Trees, Furniture
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2021 Jun 3 |
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission said Fisher-Price is recalling its 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide Soother, a baby sleep product, after it was linked to reports of four infant deaths. Links: USA, Furniture, Babies
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2021 Jun 15 |
A French court ordered IKEA to pay $1.3 million in fines and damages over a campaign to spy on union representatives, employees and some unhappy customers. Links: France, Labor, Furniture
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2022 Jun 15 |
Sweden-based IKEA said it would sell factories, close offices and reduce its nearly 28,000-strong workforce in Russia, the latest move by the world's biggest furniture brand to cut its operations there following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. IKEA has continued paying employees and will do so until the end of August. Links: Russia, Sweden, Furniture
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