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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 536140, member: 5066"]In looking at the history of B&G furniture home page this is probably the reason you can't find examples, they pretty much passed on the movement</p><p>"</p><p><b>1890 – 1915</b>: . The company continued to produce whole suites for the parlor, bedroom, and dining room. Pieces were in Golden Oak or mahogany. Berkey & Gay’s Golden Oak pieces have very high relief in their carving, which ranged from grottoesque fantasy creatures to swirling French flourishes.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few Arts and Crafts style suites were introduced in the first decade of this century under names like “English Modern,” but generally speaking Berkey & Gay passed on the whole movement."</p><p><br /></p><p>History page</p><p><a href="http://www.furniturecityhistory.org/company/3391/berkey-and-gay-furniture-co" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.furniturecityhistory.org/company/3391/berkey-and-gay-furniture-co" rel="nofollow">http://www.furniturecityhistory.org/company/3391/berkey-and-gay-furniture-co</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 536140, member: 5066"]In looking at the history of B&G furniture home page this is probably the reason you can't find examples, they pretty much passed on the movement " [B]1890 – 1915[/B]: . The company continued to produce whole suites for the parlor, bedroom, and dining room. Pieces were in Golden Oak or mahogany. Berkey & Gay’s Golden Oak pieces have very high relief in their carving, which ranged from grottoesque fantasy creatures to swirling French flourishes. A few Arts and Crafts style suites were introduced in the first decade of this century under names like “English Modern,” but generally speaking Berkey & Gay passed on the whole movement." History page [URL]http://www.furniturecityhistory.org/company/3391/berkey-and-gay-furniture-co[/URL][/QUOTE]
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