AH Andrews’ Geometric Forms and Drawing Models Chicago 1881

Description: A.H. Andrews and Company (Chicago, 1865-1890s). Andrews’ Geometrical Forms and Drawing Models, circa 1881. Hinged wood box having printed sheet from the A. H. Andrews and Co. school furniture manufacturer attached to underside of lid. Contents: (14) wood geometric shapes, each having rubber-stamped identification. Height: 5 inches, Width: 13 inches, Depth: 9 3/4 inches (box). Last two images from “A. H. Andrews & Co.’s Illustrated Catalogue of School Merchandise”, 1881. This furniture company was founded in 1865 by Alfred H. Andrews, a Connecticut native who moved to Chicago in 1857. By the end of the 1860s, Andrews employed about 70 men, who made about $150,000 worth of furniture each year. By the beginning of the 1880s, A. H. Andrews & Co. had become the largest firm in the city’s robust furniture industry, employing about 500 people and manufacturing about $600,000 worth of school and office furniture each year. During the 1880s, the company opened branches in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. Andrews & Co. started to produce metal furniture in the early 1890s, but it entered bankruptcy and went into decline soon thereafter. A.H. Andrews made furniture for offices, ice cream parlors and churches as well as made high-quality standing, rotating world globes. A main feature of their company, however, was manufacturing items for schools, including desks, blackboards, maps and other varied school merchandise. Shipping will be via UPS. Please see our other listings. Charak Modern Design

Price: 1200 USD

Location: Highland Park, Illinois

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