Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2010.38.01 |
Object Name |
Table |
Date |
c1930 |
Features |
Table/Stand; Gibbard; walnut; oblong top with etched detailing and dimpled fleur de lis on each end; turned angled legs each screwed to arched base and topped with a scalloped crest; a scalloped wooden plank is tied between leg, turned rod hangs from centre, curled metal detail between legs each side fixed with a wooden finial; maker's label "SOLID walnut, Gibbard Furniture Shops Napanee-Ontario". |
Object Story |
This table, made by Gibbard Furniture, shows some influence of Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles that were popular in the 1920s, but is more conservative, reflecting the tastes of the region. Gibbard was known for making furniture in revival styles from earlier periods. 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 Bartels, Willaim Benson, John |
Subjects |
1930's Art Deco Art Nouveau Furniture Furnishings Furniture industry |
Search Terms |
Gibbard's Furniture Gibbard Furniture Gibbard Gibbards |