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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2011.01.34 |
Object Name |
Sconce |
Features |
Mahogany wooden sconce. Flat backboard with arched top. Sides have an "s" curve. Base has a small, shallow, circular candle holder, below which is a hanging, turned finial. On the back is a Gibbard sticker and a Gibbard stamp. Brass reinforcement around hanging hole. |
Object Story |
Sconce made by Gibbard Furniture. Gibbard Furniture was a company founded by John Gibbard who was born in 1813. Around adulthood he became an apprentice to his Father, who was a carpenter and millwright. In 1836 John Gibbard moved to Napanee where he at one point worked for John Benson installing doors and windows for Benson's store. In 1860 he leased a mill from William Bartels where he made furniture as well as doors, coffins, and more. His business grew throughout his life and managed to overcome the significant challenge of two separate fires. John Gibbard passed away in 1908. Gibbard Furniture remained in the his family until 1940 when it was purchased by Jack McPherson a former Gibbard sale's manager. It remained in the McPherson family until 2009 when the factory was shut down. |
People |
Gibbard, John Benson, John Bartels, William Mcpherson McPherson, Jack |
Subjects |
Sconces Lighting Furniture industry Furnishings |
Search Terms |
Gibbard Furniture Gibbards Gibbard's Furniture Gibbard |