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Co-founded in 1835 by John Jacques (then a journeyman cabinetmaker from England) and Robert Hay (a journeyman cabinetmaker from Scotland). [3] [1] [4] Originally the company started as just one small shop in Toronto, which Jacques and Hay had bought from Jacques' then boss, William Maxwell; [4] but it expanded over the next several decades, in keeping with a regional boom in furniture ...
This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1920s, as determined by Publishers Weekly. [1] The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1920 through 1929.
Joseph Meeks (September 4, 1771 – July 21, 1868) [1] was a furniture maker in New York City who founded what would become a large firm that produced good quality furniture from 1797 to 1869. In 1833 the firm published a broadside [ 2 ] with an illustration of the firm's building and 39 illustrations, mostly of furniture, but also of window ...
Albert Milton Sack (March 24, 1915 – May 29, 2011) was an American antiques dealer and author. He was the son of antiques dealer Israel Sack.He wrote a popular reference book on early American antique furniture — "the bible for a generation of weekend antiquers and a standard for professional collectors" according to the New York Times.
In 1954, Jim Navarra and his two partners started a furniture store named Strep's Warehouse. In 1960 Jim Navarra became the sole owner, and in 1968 he renamed the store Jerome's Furniture Warehouse after his son Jerome. Reluctant to sell furniture for a living, Jerome "Jerry" Navarra originally thought he might attend medical school.
Brodart was established as Library Service in 1939, when Columbia University Electrical Engineering student Arthur Brody, the son of pharmacy owners and owners of the Bro-Delle Book Shoppe in Newark, New Jersey, invented the plastic book jacket. [1] [2] [3] Brody washed the emulsion off some film and folded it around his books for added ...
Part of the Furniture (1997) is a novel by British author Mary Wesley. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The novel was Wesley's last one, published when the author was eighty-five years old. Plot summary
L. Harbach & Sons Co. was one of Iowa's largest furniture wholesalers, and they manufactured furniture in Des Moines for more than seventy years. The company was established in 1856 by Louis Harbach, Sr. Louis had immigrated from Germany in 1850 at the age of 12. [3] A catalog of their furniture is available at the National Museum of America. L.