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27722
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Petersburg, Virginia was an important cultural and economic center during the middle of the eighteenth century, supporting an extensive furniture-making community. Petersburg’s cultural history contributed to its unique regional furniture style, and emergence as a significant marketplace for southern Virginia and northern North Carolina.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 18 Issue 1, May 1992,
p1-113, il, map, bibl, f
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38174
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The town’s prosperity rests to an extent on an industry part of its foundation since the late 1800s: furniture. Attesting its enduring importance is furniture companies such as Hickory Furniture Mart and individuals such as Alex Shuford III, whose great grandfather founded Century Furniture. Filling the occupational gap left by furniture companies outsourced include industries such as transportation, which have helped to recuperate the economy. From this, city leaders are hopeful that younger generations such Millennials will continue to live and work in Hickory.
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21893
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This article examines the origins of a particular walnut chest-on-frame, belonging to the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, from the Piedmont of North Carolina as well as the study of Carolina backcountry furniture.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Nov 1994,
p1-37, il
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27695
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Researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina assessed the impact and amount of English furniture imported into Charleston, South Carolina during 1760-1800. While a significant amount of furniture was imported, the Charleston cabinetmaking trade was both large and healthy.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 11 Issue 2, Nov 1985,
p1-20, il, bibl, f
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13740
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North Carolina's furniture industry started modernizing in the depths of the Depression and has out-stripped the world.
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13229
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Richard Barentine is the executive director of the Furniture Factories' Marketing Association of the South. The Southern Furniture Market is held April and October and is the largest single event held in North Carolina. His job is to let people know about the market, what it is, and what it means, not only to the state, but to the rest of the country as well.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 1 Issue 1, Oct 1981,
p56-57, 58, il
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2236
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Alex Bernhardt, president of Bernhardt Furniture headquartered in Lenoir, is guiding his family's 106 year-old furniture company into the mostly untapped but fertile international marketplace.
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14040
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Furniture is a major industry in North Carolina. Recently industry workers and businessmen have endured the effects of a deep recession affecting the market; however, they are now enjoying the benefits of a rebounding market.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 3 Issue 11, Nov 1983,
p45-46, 48, il
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22567
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The New Buck Corporation, a stove manufacturing company in Spruce Pine, North Carolina has grown since opening in 1971. Over time the company has had to diversify what it produces based on market demands.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 3, March 2015,
p5, por
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24221
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Century Furniture in Hickory has been operating since 1947, making custom pieces for a hefty price, even though the furniture industry in North Carolina has decreased since 1993.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 5, May 2004,
p34-39, il
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24302
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This excerpt from 'Closing' details the closing of White Furniture Co., a century old furniture manufacturer in Mebane, North Carolina. The company had been sold to a conglomerate in 1993 and was then shut down, causing 203 people to lose their jobs. In the 1990s, this was a common situation, when Americans lost their jobs to layoffs, outsourcing, downsizing, buyouts, and off-shoring.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 9, September 1998,
p24-31, il
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29691
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Trend-setting consumers are now interested in health and sustainability, and those in the market for North Carolina furniture are no exception. Along with encouragement from the Sustainable Furniture Council, furniture companies in the state are becoming more receptive to sustainability initiatives and environmental consciousness.
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42910
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Vast forests in North Carolina's Piedmont region and cheap labor helped to bring America's furniture industry to North Carolina from the Northwest. the state's furniture industry developed within a 150 mile radius of High Point. This distinction earned High Point its nickname as "Furniture Capitol of the World".
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28680
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The newer workers at Vanguard Furniture in Hickory, NC are carrying on the traditions of the old guard. The craftsmen who make the furniture by hand at Vanguard discuss the importance of knowledge passed down through the generations. This knowledge has helped them and the company remain a success despite the changing industry.
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9491
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For one week every April and October the world's furniture manufacturers and retail buyers come to the High Point Furniture Market, the world's largest furniture expo. Business transactions are in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and the local economy benefits by $1 billion. Wood describes the strength of the state's furniture industry as it moves into the twenty-first century.
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