Sold Wooden Chairs, Marble Chair set

Condition: Excellent Condition

These may be the most sturdy chairs ever. Heavy solid polished wood.
Beautiful
Here's a bit of history

Barzilla L. Marble started working at the age of twelve in the Bedford chair shop of M. A. Purdy & Son. Born in Bedford in 1851, B. L. Marble came from a family that knew chair-making. His grandfather operated a chair factory in Marbletown, New York, and it is evident that B. L. took an early interest in chairs.

At the age of fourteen B. L. was working at The B. J. Wheelock Company in Bedford, and in 1872 he became superintendent of The Taylor Chair Company. He left Taylor Chair in 1885 to form a new company with A. L. Shattuck — The Marble and Shattuck Chair Company.

In 1894 Mr. Marble formed his own company. This was the beginning of the B. L. Marble Chair Company. And this was the beginning of many years of turning out fine wooden chairs made for comfort and elegance and made to last. (Note that The Marble Chair Co. never made marble chairs.)

The company continued to make household chairs until 1910 when it began to produce office furniture. During World War I the product line was expanded to include wooden aircraft propellers for military use. Three of the propellers, each over ten feet long, are on display in the Bedford Museum.

By 1921 The Marble Chair Company had outgrown its wooden buildings on Willis Street, and construction began on new brick buildings which eventually stretched a tenth of a mile along Willis Street and comprised more than four acres of floor space.

This was the largest building in town. From this facility, high-quality products were shipped throughout the country to banks, courthouses, city halls, libraries, colleges, hospitals, and numerous business and professional offices.

The B. L. Marble Chair Co., known by most Bedford people as simply “Marble Chair”, is gone but not forgotten.

Pick up will be held in Bryan TX. on Saturday, April 4, 2020, from 11:00 Am till 3:00 pm.

We can not assist in loading. Please bring boxes, packing materials, dolly and help to load, pack, lift and carry your items as we are not able to do so for you. ****Not responsible for Accidents or Injuries***

Pickup DetailsSeller will be in contact with you within seven days.