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{{Short description|Chair manufacturing company}} |
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[[File:Armchair1.JPG|thumb|175px| Rabbit Ear Arm Chair Designed and manufactured by J. S Ford, Johnson & Company – circa 1905]] |
[[File:Armchair1.JPG|thumb|175px| Rabbit Ear Arm Chair Designed and manufactured by J. S Ford, Johnson & Company – circa 1905]] |
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The '''Ford & Johnson Company''' was a chair manufacturing company founded by John Sherlock Ford and Henry W. Johnson in Columbus, Ohio in 1867.<ref name="Leonard1905">{{cite book |editor-last=Leonard |editor-first=John W. |date=1905 |title=The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyV4vWP7aG4C&pg=PA211 |location=Chicago |publisher=[[Marquis Who's Who]] |via=[[Google Books]] |page=211 |accessdate=2023-01-23 }}</ref> In 1868 the company relocated their factory to Michigan City, Indiana.<ref name="Andreas1886">{{cite book |last=Andreas |first=Alfred T. |author-link=Alfred T. Andreas |date=1886 |title=History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THd5AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA735&dq=%22Ford+Johnson%22 |location=Chicago |publisher=[[Alfred T. Andreas|The A. T. Andreas Company, Publishers]] |via=[[Google Books]] |page=735 |accessdate=2023-01-23 }}</ref> In 1872 the company moved their headquarters to Chicago where they opened a showroom at 302 Wabash Avenue. They became known as '''J. S. Ford, Johnson & Company'''. |
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Ford Johnson established themselves as a high quality manufacturer of [[Mission Style Furniture|Mission Style furniture]] that was sold across the United States. Ford Johnson was best known for their chairs and settees. They created their own unique designs as well as creating generic versions of admired designs of [[Gustav Stickley]] and others. |
Ford & Johnson established themselves as a high quality manufacturer of [[Mission Style Furniture|Mission Style furniture]] that was sold across the United States. Ford Johnson was best known for their chairs and settees. They created their own unique designs as well as creating generic versions of admired designs of [[Gustav Stickley]] and others. The company offered 3,000 types of "chairs, rockers, and cradles" in the 1880s.<ref name="Scranton1997">{{cite book |last=Scranton |first=Philip |date=1997 |title=Endless Novelty: Specialty Production and American Industrialization, 1865–1925 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=af9ZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172 |location=Princeton, New Jersey |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |via=[[Google Books]] |pages=172–173 |isbn=978-0-691-07018-6 |accessdate=2023-01-23 }}</ref> |
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When Ford & Johnson entered bankruptcy in April 1912, it had nominal assets worth $1{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="Miller1913-01-05">{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Owen B. |date=1913-01-05 |title=Chicago and the West |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gKE7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA11 |work=Geyer's Stationer |via=[[Google Books]] |volume=55 |issue=1366 |page=11 |accessdate=2023-01-23 }}</ref> In 1913, the Midland Chair & Seating Company purchased Ford & Johnson.<ref name="Iron1913-02-06">{{cite news |date=1913-02-06 |title=The Machinery Markets: Indianapolis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z9IcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA409 |work=The Iron Age |volume=91 |issue=6 |via=[[Google Books]] |page=409 |accessdate=2023-01-23 }}</ref> [[S. Karpen & Bros.|S. Karpen & Brothers]] acquired Midland Chair in 1916.<ref name="Hotel1916">{{cite news |date=June 1916 |title=Business Notes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DG9AAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA93 |magazine=Hotel Monthly |volume=24 |issue=279 |via=[[Google Books]] |accessdate=2023-01-23 }}</ref> According to the historian Sharon Darling, the company was "one of the largest chair manufacturers in the country".<ref name="Darling1984">{{cite book |last=Darling |first=Sharon |date=1984 |title=Chicago Furniture: Art, Craft, and Industry, 1833–1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/chicagofurniture0000darl/ |location=New York |publisher=[[Chicago Historical Society]] |via=[[Internet Archive]] |pages=[https://archive.org/details/chicagofurniture0000darl/page/114/ 114], [https://archive.org/details/chicagofurniture0000darl/page/115/ 115], [https://archive.org/details/chicagofurniture0000darl/page/116/ 116] |isbn=0-393-01818-0 |accessdate=2023-01-23 }}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 21:01, 23 January 2023
The Ford & Johnson Company was a chair manufacturing company founded by John Sherlock Ford and Henry W. Johnson in Columbus, Ohio in 1867.[1] In 1868 the company relocated their factory to Michigan City, Indiana.[2] In 1872 the company moved their headquarters to Chicago where they opened a showroom at 302 Wabash Avenue. They became known as J. S. Ford, Johnson & Company.
Ford & Johnson established themselves as a high quality manufacturer of Mission Style furniture that was sold across the United States. Ford Johnson was best known for their chairs and settees. They created their own unique designs as well as creating generic versions of admired designs of Gustav Stickley and others. The company offered 3,000 types of "chairs, rockers, and cradles" in the 1880s.[3]
When Ford & Johnson entered bankruptcy in April 1912, it had nominal assets worth $1 million.[4] In 1913, the Midland Chair & Seating Company purchased Ford & Johnson.[5] S. Karpen & Brothers acquired Midland Chair in 1916.[6] According to the historian Sharon Darling, the company was "one of the largest chair manufacturers in the country".[7]
References
- ^ Leonard, John W., ed. (1905). The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. p. 211. Retrieved 2023-01-23 – via Google Books.
- ^ Andreas, Alfred T. (1886). History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago: The A. T. Andreas Company, Publishers. p. 735. Retrieved 2023-01-23 – via Google Books.
- ^ Scranton, Philip (1997). Endless Novelty: Specialty Production and American Industrialization, 1865–1925. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-0-691-07018-6. Retrieved 2023-01-23 – via Google Books.
- ^ Miller, Owen B. (1913-01-05). "Chicago and the West". Geyer's Stationer. Vol. 55, no. 1366. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-01-23 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Machinery Markets: Indianapolis". The Iron Age. Vol. 91, no. 6. 1913-02-06. p. 409. Retrieved 2023-01-23 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Business Notes". Hotel Monthly. Vol. 24, no. 279. June 1916. Retrieved 2023-01-23 – via Google Books.
- ^ Darling, Sharon (1984). Chicago Furniture: Art, Craft, and Industry, 1833–1983. New York: Chicago Historical Society. pp. 114, 115, 116. ISBN 0-393-01818-0. Retrieved 2023-01-23 – via Internet Archive.