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It incorporated the Walter J. Wood furniture store next door. [2] By 1908, 17 stores were open. [1] J.J. Haverty's son Clarence rose to a leadership position and wished for a larger role in the business. In November 1908, the partnership between Haverty and Rhodes was dissolved amicably and 16 of the stores were divided between Rhodes and Haverty.
Amos Giles Rhodes (1850–1928) was an Atlanta, Georgia furniture magnate. He was born in 1850 in Henderson, Kentucky. In 1875, he came to Atlanta as a laborer for the L & N Railroad. In 1879, he began a small furniture company which would grow into a large furniture business and make Rhodes a "pillar of the community".
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 ...
They included decor, ironwork, [2] furniture, and kitchenware. [3] If a trade catalog included illustrations, the items were commonly engraved or hand-drawn and replicated. Catalogs spread through trade, by travelers or traveling merchants. They contained lists of items from different places, with local catalogs advertising services.
In 1889, he partnered with Amos G. Rhodes to start a law firm, which became known as Rhodes, Snook & Haverty after P. H. Snook joined it in 1894. In 1908, the Rhodes-Haverty partnership was dissolved, at which point Haverty founded the Havertys furniture company, along with his son, Clarence, and other business associates. [3]
In 1889, J.J. and Michael entered a partnership with the owner of a neighboring furniture store, Amos G. Rhodes, forming the Rhodes-Haverty Furniture Company. A year and a half after the first Rhodes-Haverty store opened, J.J. Haverty moved westward to St. Louis, Missouri with his family to expand, and soon after bought interest in a number of ...
James Gilbert Sterchi (June 23, 1867 – December 9, 1932) was an American businessman, best known as the cofounder and head of the furniture wholesaler, Sterchi Brothers Furniture Company. At its height, Sterchi Brothers was the world's largest furniture store chain, [ 1 ] with sixty-five stores across the southeastern United States and a ...
W Lusty & Sons became The Lusty Furniture Company in July 2008, backed by private investors interested in preserving the legacy of Marshall B Lloyd, the inventor of Lloyd Loom. Reinstating the original design book the new owners maintained production in Indonesia and now provide the original designs in any colour, as W Lusty & Sons had offered ...