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THBImperial Furniture Company Regency Period Style Lipped Side Table
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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LiveJan 19, 2025
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- Lot Description
Imperial Furniture Company Regency Period Style Lipped Side Table. Classic design with curved feet and central pedestal, with a thin lip around the round top. Label and marking on bottom identifies maker as Imperial Furniture Company, made some time between 1903 and 1954.
Size: 24 x 27 in.
#4300 .
Imperial Furniture Company was opened in 1903 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by Frank Stuart Foote (1872-1954). Prior to opening the company he had worked for 10 years for the Grand Rapids Chair Company, which was owned by his father Elijah H. Foote. He learned much about design as well as business, but left due to numerous disagreements with his father over the future of furniture and design. Although he founded his own company with help from Daniel McCoy, who was the president of Kent State Bank and served as the first president of the furniture maker, he bought out McCoy in less than a year, remaining president for the next fifty years. Imperial’s primary product was tables, with the addition of bookcases to its line later in its history. They worked mostly in mahogany, but also had stunning pieces of cherry. Foote laid claim to inventing the “coffee table” after he helped his wife prepare for a party by lowering the legs on a table so people could reach their beverages while sitting and conversing in a huddled group. Imperial made dining room tables to go along with buffets, and was the first factory in Grand Rapids to bring out Duncan Phyfe reproductions. In 1936 an enormous showroom and dining hall for the workers was built adjacent to the factory, in an effort to boost production and provide some relief during the Depression. In the 1940s they made wood airplane wings for the government, and was the first company to concentrate large-scale efforts on occasional furniture after the War ended. When Foote died from a heart attack in 1954, the company was sold to Bergsma Brothers, who had opened their own furniture and cabinetry manufacturing facility in 1940 and consolidated most of the workers, equipment, and assets into their space. In 1984 Bergsma declared bankruptcy, and both buildings fell into disrepair, officially closing for good the following year.
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- Size
24 x 24 x 27 in.
