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Grand Rapids in 1856

Scene of early Grand Rapids viewed from the...


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Early Furniture Designers Collection

Berkey & Gay, Nelson, Matter, and Phoenix furniture companies were employing furniture designers as early as 1877-1879. One of the more famous names was David Wolcott Kendall who arrived at the Phoenix Company in 1879. Charles Radcliffe began at Nelson, Matter in 1877.

David W. Kendall

1851

Designer

1


Edgar Rinaldo Somes

1856

Designer

2


John E. Brower Sr.

1862

Designer

3


William Arthur Balbach

1881

Designer

4


Charles B. Chatfield

1870

Designer

5


Adrien Margantin

1860

Designer

6


Arthur Kirkpatrick

1868

Designer

7


William L. Kimerly

1870

Designer

8


Alexander W. Hompe

1865

Designer

9


Thomas S. Handley

1874

Designer

10


Harvey N. Hall

1851

Designer

11


Herman L. Holmberg

1874

Designer

12


Ralph H. Widdicombe

1873

Designer

13




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