I enjoy running across photographs of period furniture new in the showroom and here is one from April, 1906. I recognize a mix of manufacturers in this photo. The front-left chair is a Robert Mitchell “Roman Arm Chair” and the pair of chairs in the center are probably Stickley-Brandt. You can see the intermingling of late Renaissance Revival with the recently-emerged Mission style furniture.
The photo is of a showroom for H.B. Graves of Rochester, NY and is from the Grand Rapids Furniture Record and Journal.
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Tagged as: Mission Furniture, renaissance revival, Robert Mitchell, Stickley-Brandt
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Nice one John! These old photographs are so important in understanding and documenting furniture.
Here’s a link to a nice Berkey and Gay showroom stereo view. While it’s almost the same as the the one in Witherells book, its taken at a different time and some furniture is different. It enlarges very nicely as well.
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