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for "Furniture industry and trade"
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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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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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27879
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A study by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina examined the business records of Virginia cabinetmaker Sampson Diuguid. Analysis of Diuguid’s Ledger D account book reveals the various furniture forms he made in the early nineteenth century, and provides further knowledge of the cabinetmaking trade throughout the eastern region.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Winter 2004,
p1-48, il, por, map, bibl, f
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27880
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A study by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina examined the furniture trade between America and Jamaica during the eighteenth century. The movement of cabinetmakers such as John Fisher, coupled with the exportation of Windsor chairs to Jamaica from the eastern seaboard, reveals not only the trade of goods, but also the influence of skills, style, and culture.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Winter 2004,
p49-73, il, map, bibl, f
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27882
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Evidence found in research files at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina reveals the diverse material culture and impact of cabinetmaking in Columbia and Richland County, Virginia from 1800 to 1860. Columbia’s political and geographic location made it a transition zone for people, goods, and cultures traveling between the Low country to the Piedmont regions.
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Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts
(NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 31 Issue 2, Winter 2005,
p1-26, il, map, bibl, f
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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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29363
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Despite the 1990s being a decade of economic shakedowns, some of North Carolina's core industries--textiles, furniture, and other heavy manufacturing--are adjusting to the new economic reality. Taking advantage of global partnerships and technological advances are keeping these industries running successfully.
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29599
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Zac Lopez-Ibanez is the founder and principal designer at FEHLO in Asheville, North Carolina. The company mass produces contemporary home goods and furniture designed by Lopez-Ibanez and handcrafted by local artisans.
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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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30327
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North Carolina is the national leader in wooden furniture, selling one-fourth of all the furniture produced in the south. From split-bottom chairs to reproductions made of imported woods, investment in plants and equipment totals over $31 million with hour hundred plants employing over 33,000 people, and producing $276 million worth of furniture.
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30967
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After Broyhill Furniture closed its factory in downtown Conover, NC, the town purchased the 27-acre property before it had plans for its future use. With citizen and political co-operation, a revitalization plan for the site was developed that accounted for transportation needs, environmental concerns, business opportunities and cultural heritage.
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31121
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Caldwell Furniture Company in Lenoir, North Carolina is celebrating its 53rd year of steady growth as the furniture manufacturing center of the south. The company uses Blue Ridge Mountain timber, and the manufacturing mill is equipped with all the latest in wood-working machinery and tools on a fully converyorized system.
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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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38215
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Despite not making the final bid as site for Amazon’s second US headquarters, the city of Hickory can claim fulfillment of its economic promise. Fulfillment of its promise is in industries such as furniture, which can measure success in 60% of furniture sold in the United States connected to the area. Success on a global scale can be measured in Hickory Furniture Mart’s attracting visitors from Asia, the Middle East, and Europe and drawing 500,000 visits annually.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 38 Issue 2, February 2018,
p85-86, 88, 90-93
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Hickory--History; Hickory Furniture Mart; Furniture industry and trade; Furniture industry and trade--Hickory; Catawba County--Economic conditions; Catawba County--industry; Fiber optics industry--Catawba County; Fiber optics; Employees--Training of; Catawba Valley Medical Center (Hickory); Lenoir-Rhyne University (Hickory); Catawba County Community College (Hickory)
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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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