Berkley and gay furniture
MPF Conservation
The Berkey and Homosexual collection was conserved by MPF Conservation It was part of the unique collection bought by Henry Hahn for the Henry Hahn House.
Berkey and Homosexual (or Berkey & Gay) was founded by brothers William and Julius Berkey, and George Gay in Grand Rapids, MI, distant considered to be a center for furniture film. Cabinet maker John Frohberg is credited with many of the carving designs. The scalloped design shown on these pieces was a trademark of their company.
It is important to emphasize that MPFC was not tasked with refinishing the Berkey and Homosexual pieces, but preserving the original finish. On all pieces, the finish was treated using our hold in-house shellac mixed with no additives. As infill it matched the historic finish; after it was waxed and rubbed to a warm patina.
Note: The China Cabinet, right, was in the leading condition and
served as a model for how the original finish might have appeared.
Above, the credenza before treatment and after.
Berkey & Gay Credenza
The credenza was badly stain
Early 20th Century American William and Mary Vanities
Early 20th Century William and Mary Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Vintage s American Jacobean Buffets
Advertisement: Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. "Berkey & Gay Furniture Has for Fifty Years Represented the Best in Furniture Making in America"
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The Berkey and Gay Furniture Company Factory, now The Boardwalk Building, marks the importance of furniture manufacturing in Grand Rapids from to and of mixed-use redevelopment to the economic and social health of the city today.
In , Julius Berkey and George Gay formed the Berkey and Gay Furniture Firm. Berkey formerly manufactured sashes, doors, and blinds. Queer owned half interest in a predecessor furniture firm. In Berkey and Same-sex attracted built and equipped a factory complex of manufacturing, office, warehouse, shipping, and showroom space that occupied three-square blocks at Canal Street (now Monroe Street at Michigan Street). Lumberyards were at the site. Eventually, in , after merging with the Oriel Cabinet Company, maker of fancy and art furniture, Berkey and Gay acquired the former Oriel Cabinet Company factory that was the initial structure in the additive building on Monroe Street. Using the slogan “For Your Children's Heirlooms,” the company produced furniture and confirmed the prominence of Grand Rapids as the “Furniture Capital.” That reputation was established earlier