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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1970
Page
5
Maestro International Indus unveils the Woodstock collection featuring a classic parson's table. Built from native Ecuadorian hardwoods with a bronze bronzed glass top and gold and red finish accents.
A Chicago decorator curates a Barcalo showroom museum at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. It features antique recliners from 1840 to 1871 and vintage ads for Morris chairs and Sears catalogs. The display traces the chair from health aid to stylish home furniture, with most materials sourced from High Point firms.
The fall furniture market opens with high energy and new European influences. Manufacturers show cautious pricing and fresh showroom ideas while awaiting strong orders. Kroehler debuts Milan inspired lighting and Avant line. overall buyers face a mix of Mediterranean Early American and contemporary styles as they decide what to purchase.
The High Point market in North Carolina is described as the world center for furniture fashion with foot traffic from all 50 states and foreign buyers. Leo Heer explains buyers commit four to six months ahead as exhibitors showcase staged room settings along Furniture Highway. The market covers 30 acres in the Southern Furniture Exhibition Building plus 10 million square feet in showrooms, with 60 percent of wood bedroom, 52 percent of wood dining, and 28 percent of upholstered furniture produced within a 200 mile radius.
A six room miniature gallery titled American Life Styles is on display at Kroehler Manufacturing Co in the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. Commissioned by Kroehler and Hercules Inc the exhibit features rooms by Donald H Opper and Delphene Richard with a 4 inch to the foot scale. The display sits in 24 open cubes in a chrome jungle gym and can be loaned for events as fall bookings proceed.
Two press conferences mark the opening of the Fall Southern furniture market in High Point. At Holiday Inn Furniture Plaza executives Bert Ferin Richard McClure and J W Shockley discuss styles merchandising and trends with media at 4 p m Friday. A second session at the Southern Furniture Exposition Sky Room features Robert Spelman moderating four manufacturers including Thomas Stanley Jr J Robert Philpott John Boardman and A H Wilhite as they discuss Debut 72 and market focus for living styles.
Maguita V. Ikerd was named editor of Furniture News published by Mullen Publications in Charlotte. She succeeds A. W. Stamey who died July 19, and will lead editorial and sales while Robert E. Winters Jr. continues as director of sales and general manager.
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