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The Guild is an organization of Grand Rapids Furniture Manufacturers, whose purpose is to develop more pleasant and beneficial business and social relations among its members and those to whom it privileges may be extended.
The guild has many costly rugs and draperies and some of the finest furniture that the Grand Rapids manufacturers produce. A number of valuable pictures and the deer, moose, and other heads presented by Roy S. Barnhart, as trophies of his African hunt, and by other furniture nimrods.
18 wrz 2014 · By 1928 there were 68 furniture manufacturers in Grand Rapids, and the city often refers to itself as “The Furniture Capital of the World.” Some original buildings like the Keebler Building, pictured below, still stand today.
Mueller was a founding member of the Grand Rapids Furniture Makers Guild, and so pieces from the early 1930s through 1951 may carry the spread eagle symbol and “TRUE GRAND RAPIDS CERTIFIED” label in addition to the company’s trademark.
7 maj 2018 · Though its booming beer tourism trade has led Grand Rapids to claim the new nickname of Beer City, for the longest time, it was known to many as Furniture City. At its height, it was home to more than 40 furniture companies and had a global reputation for manufacturing and selling fine wood furniture.
12 cze 2024 · Today, many of the largest office furniture companies are still in the West Michigan area. The Grand Rapids History Center holds a wealth of resources for researching furniture companies, the furniture industry, and design and decorative arts generally.
12 paź 2022 · The Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. factory is now The Boardwalk Condominiums in downtown Grand Rapids. A company that started as one man making tables transformed into a furniture giant.
