The Berkey & Gay style book. by Berkey & Gay Furnure Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. | Open Library

Contents:

• BERKEY & GAY FURNURE CO.
• THE BOARDWALK BUILDG (BERKEY AND GAY FURNURE COMPANY)
• BERKEY AND GAY FURNURE CO. - BAXTER, 1891
• BERKEY AND GAY
• BERKEY AND GAY
• TRA TALOGS OM BERKEY & GAY FURNURE CO.
• HOW MUCH IS BERKEY AND GAY FURNURE WORTH
• THE BERKEY & GAY STYLE BOOK.
• BERKEY & GAY FURNURE STYLE BOOK
• BERKEY AND GAY FURNURE COMPANY FACTORY

BERKEY & GAY FURNURE CO.

Gay, the son of an early partner the bs, Gee Gay, beme a proment lear of both the pany and the muny, and sat on the boards of m any banks and civic anizatn. Some cludg Fred Weber and Chris Haraldstadt, grew up Ameri but me om regns of Germany and Norway that were known for their rvg tradns, and worked for forty years or more at Berkey & Gay.

THE BOARDWALK BUILDG (BERKEY AND GAY FURNURE COMPANY)

Others, like Florente master rver Leopold Baillot, and Japane rator Fugi Nakamiso, were reced through Amerin foreign embassi to brg their experience overseas, to work for Berkey & Gay. It also noted that Berkey & Gay did not make s own parlor am, but purchased them om Holton & Hildreth of Chigo, then pleted the upholstery for s own retail tra.

A few Arts and Crafts style su were troduced the first of this century unr nam like “English Morn, ” but generally speakg Berkey & Gay passed on the whole movement. Both the Grand Rapids Public Mm and the Grand Rapids Public Library have large llectns of advertisg piec and pany histori as well and tra talogs om Berkey & Gay. The Berkey and Gay Furnure Company Factory, now The Boardwalk Buildg, marks the importance of furnure manufacturg Grand Rapids om 1870 to 1929 and of mixed-e revelopment to the enomic and social health of the cy today.

BERKEY AND GAY FURNURE CO. - BAXTER, 1891

In 1882 Berkey and Gay built and equipped a factory plex of manufacturg, office, warehoe, shippg, and showroom space that occupied three-square blocks at 178 Canal Street (now Monroe Avenue at Michigan Street).

Eventually, 1911, after mergg wh the Oriel Cabet Company, maker of fancy and art furnure, Berkey and Gay acquired the former Oriel Cabet Company factory that was the ial stcture the addive buildg on Monroe Street. ” That reputatn was tablished earlier when Berkey and Gay Furnure Company, then the largt furnure manufacturer the cy, and three other Grand Rapids furnure manufacturers exhibed at the 1876 Centennial Philalphia. Wh exposed brick walls, massive oak beams, lofty ceilgs, and wdows that afford views of the river or one of two central urtyards wh atria, the rehabilatn rpects and enhanc the craftsmanship of the origal Berkey and Gay buildg.

Berkey started aga at the same place, and ntued the bs alone till November 1862; th practilly, though not foreeg such an oute perhaps, layg the foundatn for that lossal stutn, the Berkey & Gay Furnure Company's factory, which now stands among the leadg furnure factori the Uned Stat. The Berkey & Gay Furnure Company proper was rporated Augt, 1873, wh a pal stock of $500, 000 and has been practilly unr the same management ever sce s anizatn, the officers beg: Juli Berkey, Print; Gee W.

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Operatg out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Berkey and Gay epomiz an embellished, middle Amerin style that was all the rage before was eclipsed by Mid-Century Mornism. The pany went out of bs around the time of World War II, but the furnure that surviv today embodi the bt of Amerin some bety to your abo wh Chairish’s selectn of Berkey & Gay furnureIf you know the Berkey and Gay piece you are lookg for, our search optns make easy to fd .

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BERKEY AND GAY

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TRA TALOGS OM BERKEY & GAY FURNURE CO.

Ma om walnut wh a blue patedCategoryVtage 1920s Geian Beds and Bed FramBerkey & Gay Furnure Console TableBy Berkey & Gay FurnureLoted Man, UTBerkey & Gay Console Table or Entry Table.

HOW MUCH IS BERKEY AND GAY FURNURE WORTH

Measur: 42 Wi x 18CategoryVtage 1920s Amerin Neoclassil Console TablAntique Berkey & Gay Arts & Crafts Mahogany Double Bookse, Cir 1900By Berkey & Gay FurnureLoted South Bend, INA geo antique Arts & Crafts double bookse. CarvedCategoryEarly 20th Century Amerin Arts and Crafts BooksAntique Berkey & Gay Regency Inlaid Band Mahogany Siboard, cir 1920sBy Berkey & Gay FurnureLoted South Bend, INA geo antique Regency style siboard buffet or crenza. USA, cirCategoryEarly 20th Century Amerin Regency SiboardsAntique Berkey & Gay English Jabean Ornate Carved Walnut Siboard, 1920sBy Berkey & Gay FurnureLoted South Bend, IN" Collectn by Berkey & Gay, memoratg the pany's 75th anniversary.

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THE BERKEY & GAY STYLE BOOK.

Category20th Century Amerin Regency Revival Servg PiecVtage 1930s Mahogany Tall Column Style DrserBy Berkey & Gay FurnureLoted Amherst, NHVtage 1930s tall mahogany drser wh rved lumn style accents on the sis. CategoryEarly 20th Century Neoclassil Revival Commos and Chts of DrawersTall Narrow Walnut Marble Top Night Stands End Table Cabet Porcela InsertBy Berkey & Gay FurnureLoted Rockaway, NJTall narrow walnut marble top night stands end table bet porcela sert.

Category20th Century Amerin Jabean End TablMarble Top Oval One Door Compartment Drawer Adams Style Pated Stand TableBy Berkey & Gay FurnureLoted Rockaway, NJMarble top oval one door partment drawer Adams style pated stand table. Category20th Century Amerin Adam Style PestalsFrench Style Carved Parcel Gilt and Fluted Table LampBy Berkey & Gay Furnure, Bloomgdale'sLoted Garnerville, NYA geo rved and parcel gilt walnut table lamp. Category20th Century Amerin Regency End TablRosewood & Burl Wood Tripod Base Si Table Regency Style Floor Lamp MtBy Berkey & Gay Furnure, Baker Furnure CompanyLoted Rockaway, NJRosewood & burl wood tripod base si table regency style floor lamp mt!

BERKEY & GAY FURNURE STYLE BOOK

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BERKEY AND GAY FURNURE COMPANY FACTORY

Fe large pair ofCategoryMid-20th Century Amerin Hollywood Regency Commos and Chts of DrawersBerkey and Gay Burled Wood BuffetBy Berkey & Gay FurnureLoted North York, ONThis geo buffet is Mid-Century Morn style and ma of rich, burled wood. CategoryVtage 1970s Amerin Mid-Century Morn BuffetsBerkey & Gay Sheraton Style Mahogany Satwood Band Game Table, cir 1930By Berkey & Gay FurnureLoted Big Flats, NYA vtage Sheraton style rd game table the manner of Berkey and Gay offers flame mahoganyCategoryMid-20th Century Amerin Sheraton Card Tabl and Tea TablMaterialsMahogany, SatwoodAntique Berkey & Gay School Send Empire Carved Flame Mahogany Poster Bed c1920By Berkey & Gay FurnureLoted Big Flats, NYAn antique Amerin Send Empire poster double/full size bed the manner of Berkey and GayCategoryEarly 20th Century Amerin Amerin Empire Beds and Bed FramAntique Napoleon III Style Berkey & Gay Flame Mahogany Tall Cht c1910By Berkey & Gay FurnureLoted Big Flats, NYAn antique Napoleon III style tall cht of drawers by Berkey and Gay offers flame mahoganyCategoryEarly 20th Century Amerin Napoleon III Commos and Chts of DrawersAntique Eastlake Berkey & Gay Attrb.