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The company was founded as a housewares manufacturer in 1932 by Theodore Baumritter and his brother-in-law Nathan S. Ancell. They bought a bankrupt furniture factory in Beecher Falls, Vermont in 1936 and adopted the name "Ethan Allen" for its early-American furniture introduced in 1939, after the Vermont Revolutionary War leader Ethan Allen.
Early presses were scarce, making catalogs difficult to obtain. [8] Furniture and decor largely came from England through trade catalogs from manufacturers such as Chippendale and Sheraton. [9] Trade ceased during the American Revolutionary War, decreasing the number of trade catalogs from overseas, and colonial-style furniture began to ...
Biggs Furniture, based in Richmond, Virginia, United States, was once a leading U.S. manufacturer of colonial reproduction furniture. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company flourished in the 20th century, alongside reproductions by Colonial Williamsburg by the Kittinger Company , and other mass market reproduction brands like Ethan Allen and Pennsylvania House.
Kittinger Company furniture was used extensively in the redesign since this company was the sole licensee of furniture for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's famous program to produce exact reproductions of 18th century antiques. [6] Included in the redesign was a new conference table and chairs for the cabinet room.
Scholars and Virginia historians have come to understand that in early colonial and Federal years, Virginia had a more vibrant furniture industry than first realized. [4] Styles included Chippendale, Queen Anne and vernacular styles. As Virginia citizens emigrated west, Virginia stylists and furniture makers took their patterns and styles with ...
A. H. Davenport and Company was a late 19th-century, early 20th-century American furniture manufacturer, cabinetmaker, and interior decoration firm. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it sold luxury items at its showrooms in Boston and New York City, and produced furniture and interiors for many notable buildings, including The White House .
SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — Montgomery’s Furniture announced the purchase of Conlin’s Furniture, located on west 41st Street. A news release says the Conlin’s Furniture location will be ...
The J.B. Van Sciver Co. building at 10th and Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania about 1940. J.B. Van Sciver Furniture Co. was a furniture company in Camden, New Jersey, founded in 1881 by Joseph Bishop Van Sciver and later run by his sons, Joseph Bishop Van Sciver Jr., Lloyd Van Sciver, and Russell Van Sciver.