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Broyhill may refer to: . Broyhill Furniture of Lenoir, North Carolina, United States . James Edgar Broyhill (1892–1988), founder of Broyhill Furniture; Jim Broyhill (1927–2023), American politician and U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of North Carolina, son of the above
In 1980 Interco took over Broyhill Furniture, a North Carolina company that was the world's largest privately owned furniture maker, with 20 factories and 7,500 employees. Paul Broyhill remained as CEO for five more years, leaving when Interco made changes with which he did not agree. [ 9 ]
James Thomas Broyhill (August 19, 1927 – February 18, 2023) was an American businessman and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Republican Party , he served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1986 and briefly served in the United States Senate in 1986.
The acquisitions gave Broyhill another 150,000 square feet of floor space, machinery, and a large line of medium-to-low price furniture. Broyhill added a sixth plant in 1942, acquiring The Wrenn Furniture Company at another bankruptcy auction. In 1954, Broyhill built his first new plant on a 65-acre tract located just outside of Lenoir.
Bar furniture; Children's furniture; Door furniture; Hutch; Park furniture (such as benches and picnic tables) Stadium seating; Street furniture; Sword furniture – on Japanese swords (katana, wakizashi, tantÅ) all parts save the blade are referred to as "furniture". In firearms, parts aside from the action and barrel, such as the grip, stock ...
There are multiple kinds of office chairs designed to suit different needs. The most basic is the task chair, which typically does not offer lumbar support or a headrest. . These chairs generally cannot be sat in for more than a couple hours at a time without becoming uncomfortable, though they often offer more room to move than higher-end chai
An axlebox, also known as a journal box in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wagon, coach or locomotive; it contains bearings and thus transfers the wagon, coach or locomotive weight to the wheels and rails; the bearing design is typically oil-bathed plain bearings on older rolling stock, or roller bearings on newer rolling stock.