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  • Levitz Furniture was a nationwide chain of American furniture stores that helped create the "furniture warehouse" genre of retail furniture sales. It was...
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    Leigh and Leslie Keno (category American antiques experts)
    are American antiquarians, authors, historic car judges, preservationists and television hosts. They specialize in stoneware, early American furniture and...
    11 KB (1,237 words) - 22:41, 14 November 2023
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    people started to construct and carve their own furniture, using wood, stone, and animal bones. Early furniture from this period is known from artwork such...
    66 KB (7,363 words) - 10:46, 30 July 2024
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    (June 2007). French Furniture - Andre Saglio. Jeremy Mills. ISBN 9781905217625. Retrieved 2014-03-19. "Early American furniture - Encyclopædia Britannica"...
    21 KB (2,754 words) - 11:41, 24 July 2024
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    bought a bankrupt furniture factory in Beecher Falls, Vermont in 1936 and adopted the name "Ethan Allen" for its early-American furniture introduced in 1939...
    9 KB (756 words) - 17:51, 30 May 2024
  • Henry Francis du Pont (category American horticulturists)
    Pont (May 27, 1880 – April 11, 1969) was an American horticulturist, collector of early American furniture and decorative arts, breeder of Holstein Friesian...
    16 KB (1,580 words) - 06:58, 19 February 2024
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    Ready-to-assemble furniture (RTA), also known as knock-down furniture (KD), flat-pack furniture, or kit furniture, is a form of furniture that requires customer...
    7 KB (854 words) - 17:17, 8 June 2024
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    A hutch is an American English word for a particular type of furniture with a set of shelves or cabinets placed on top of a lower unit with a counter and...
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    Bob's Discount Furniture is an American furniture store chain headquartered in Manchester, Connecticut. The company opened its first store in 1991 in Newington...
    28 KB (2,124 words) - 15:53, 28 July 2024
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    building of furniture. The earliest furniture was simple and practical, but as furniture became crafted and decorated it became an early status symbol...
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    Signature Furniture and Value City Furniture, and the manufacturer brand American Signature. American Signature Furniture and Value City Furniture sell residential...
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    Wadsworth Atheneum (category Museums of American art)
    masterpieces and contemporary works, as well as collections of early American furniture and decorative arts. Founded in 1842 and opened in 1844, it is the...
    16 KB (1,726 words) - 03:42, 29 April 2024
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    the craft traditions of colonial New York and New England. The furniture brought into early Shaker society were the humble possessions of common people of...
    11 KB (1,284 words) - 15:57, 20 June 2024
  • Stanley Furniture was an American furniture manufacturer based in High Point, North Carolina, United States. Stanley Furniture was founded in April 1924...
    12 KB (1,342 words) - 17:02, 12 April 2024
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    A furniture retailer, furniture store or furniture shop is a retail businesses that sells furniture and related accessories. Furniture retailers usually...
    8 KB (723 words) - 14:58, 20 July 2024
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    American Empire is a French-inspired Neoclassical style of American furniture and decoration that takes its name and originates from the Empire style...
    3 KB (371 words) - 20:58, 7 July 2024
  • Widdicomb Furniture Company was an American furniture company. The company was founded in 1858 when George Widdicomb started a cabinet shop in Grand Rapids...
    7 KB (590 words) - 10:32, 16 May 2024
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    Anne style of furniture design developed before, during, and after the time of Queen Anne, who reigned from 1702 to 1714. Queen Anne furniture is "somewhat...
    8 KB (853 words) - 10:03, 18 July 2024
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    Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM) is a home furnishing store in North America that sells furniture, flooring, appliances and electronics. It is the largest...
    14 KB (1,421 words) - 02:06, 8 June 2024
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    Ima Hogg (category Use American English from July 2022)
    enthusiastic collector of early American antiques, she also served on a committee tasked with locating historical furniture for the White House. She restored...
    54 KB (6,769 words) - 02:15, 7 July 2024
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