Vintage Johnson Furniture Co. Table

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Rare Piece of Treasury Johnson -Handley Furniture Grand Rapids End Table.
Marked by factory.
Place Of Origin: Michigan
Creator: Johnson … Read more Rare Piece of Treasury Johnson -Handley Furniture Grand Rapids End Table.
Marked by factory.
Place Of Origin: Michigan
Creator: Johnson CO.
Designer: Tom Handley
The nature of Handley's designs required the skills of hand craftsmen like Bohemian-born carver Joseph Heyda, and Austrian-born Frank Davidhazy, Sr., who created the floral, figural and classical designs that were painted on the surfaces of some case pieces.

The Grand Rapids Public Museum has in its collections a large number of Johnson catalogs, original design drawings, and other archival materials ranging from the 1910s through the 1970s, as well as a good representation of its products from the same range of dates.

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