Omaha Parlor Frame Company 1949 Catalogue ~ Mid-century Furniture Catalog: Davenports, Chairs, Sectionals, etc. ~ Nebraska

Title: Omaha Parlor Frame Co. 1949 Catalogue: Manufacturers of High Quality Frames for All Types of Upholstered Furniture
Publication: Omaha, Nebraska: [Omaha Parlor Frame Company], 1949

Description: Comb-bound in card covers. Top cover features an illustration of the Omaha Parlor Frame Company manufacturing plant. Comb has one crack. Bottom corner worn. Includes a one-page introduction to the work of the company. [18] pages. 11 x 8.5 inches. Rare. No copies located in Worldcat institutions.

Fully illustrated mid-century furniture frame catalog. Shows a variety of upholstered davenports or sectionals, chairs, and combo sets, as well as a rocker and an ottoman or two. The various styles include lounge, circular, fireside, lawson, kidney, modern, and waterfall. Prices for each are penciled in (e. g. Lounge Chair $24.90 with matching Ottoman $10.90). Each unit is provided with frame dimension measurements.

The Omaha Parlor Frame Company was founded in mid-1929, and was operative until May 1981, when the name was changed to Chardon Company. They provided quality furniture frames, made of southern hardwoods, to upholsterers, designed and constructed ''to give the advantage of easy upholstering and the minimum usage of cover yardage and at the same time maintaining the high styling and beauty so essential to elegant upholstering.''

Binding: Softcover
Condition: Good+

Keywords: mid-century, furniture, couches, davenports, chairs, upholstered, furniture frames,