The Lewisburg Chair Factory 1887-1931

The Lewisburg Chair Company Buildings

Birds Eye View Of The Lewisburg Chair Company's Plant

1887 - Lewisburg Furniture Company founded by Horace Cawley 

Prior to 1891 Fire

1891 - Factory Reopened, with stock holders.  Focused wholly on producing bedroom furniture.

1892- Company Purchased by Josiah Partridge for $10,000.  Patridge focused on the production of quality cane bottom chairs. (Josiah Partridge Chair Co. of New York was established in 1848)

1893 - renamed Lewisburg Chair And Furniture Company

1904 Fire

1911 Fire

Closed permanently December 11 1931

"A circa 1910 Josiah Partridge & Sons oak armchair from the Lewisburg, Pennsylvania factory. It displays a lovely, rich wood grain throughout. This piece features bent wood arms, a pierced splat back and a straw filled leather seat. Underside carries original label from the Lewisburg company (established in 1833) and imprinted numbers ‘500 F1617’."

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