Apr 14, 2020 canadian paul langan, author, occupational health and safety coordinator, high speed rail canada president, scorpions youth volleyball club president. During the great depression of the 1930s, management of the largest mill, dominion woollens and worsteds, ensured that at least one member of each family living in hespeler was employed at the mill. Cambridge is a city in the regional municipality of waterloo, ontario, canada, located at the. It has 4 side drawers, 1 middle shallow drawer with space for putting ones knees while sitting on the bench. Along the x axis is time, and on the y axis is the count of editions published. See todays early hespeler furniture for sale, best offer and auction. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Aug 06, 2012 the hespeler furniture company was started in 1901 in hespeler, ontario now a part of cambridge by mr. Part of cambridge library collection british and irish history, 19th century. Whether youre building a planter, bench or table youll find. Self welted detail base seat surround with metal foot.
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This is a chart to show the publishing history of editions of works about this subject. A global view covers the major historical movements in furniture design from prehistoric periods through contemporary times and includes parts of the world that traditional history books ignore or underserve, such as africa and china. Hespeler furniture company limited 1 work search for books with subject hespeler furniture company limited. Hespeler has a fine public school, employing eight teachers. Look inside hints on household taste in furniture, upholstery, and other details. Company, the schmidt furniture company, and the hespeler furniture company. Cambridge at first glance, the hespelerbrand velpro looks like any other old wooden hockey stick. Book a free online styling consultation and receive.
I have an old dining table made by the hespeler firniture. Jun 11, 2014 twenty books on furniture design covering topics from classical chinese dressers to contemporary american office chairs. Canadian furniture time line this is a beginning timeline of canadian furniture manufacturers. It has a tilt mirror and is quite ornate with all original drawer pulls. To contact abandoned but not forgotten please email us. See todays hespeler furniture for sale, best offer and auction. Dec 04, 2010 craftsmanship fine period furniture by hespeler furniture company limited 1 edition. Hespeler furniture company, hespeler, ont with images.
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Hespler was founded in 1901 and operated to about 1964 if i recall correctly. This book is invaluable to most reference collections focusing on the decorative arts. Cambridge is the home of the greater ontario junior hockey leagues cambridge winterhawks. This book the first in english on his work covers mallet stevenss career in its entirety. In this book, dimitra andrianou analyzes the furniture and furnishings found in late. Former silknit factory in cambridge set for overhaul. May 01, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Wiesnerhanks is a distinguished professor and chair of the history. Local history archives database university of waterloo. Canadian furniture company catalogues bruce museum ca. It presents the achievements of western furniture designers, not in isolation from the. A global view covers the major historical movements in furbaniture design from prehistoric periods through contemporary times and includes parts of the world that traditional history books ignore or underserve, such as africa and china. I have an antique vanity dresser hardwood made by hespeler.
The company operated until 1964 producing high quality furniture. It features a neoclassical design with fluted legs, curved hand rests, and braided handcarved molding surround. See more ideas about cambridge ontario, ontario and waterloo ontario. Original hardware, intricate details, fluted legs, arched doors, dovetailed drawers, different mouldings and design applied to different parts. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to canadian dollars based upon bloombergs conversion rates. Hespeler owns and operates its own electric light plant.
Twentyfive centuries of style and design in the western tradition 01 by john morley isbn. Former silknit factory in cambridge set for overhaul remains of hespeler textile mill could host loft apartments, streetscape, brewery if developers plans come to fruition news oct 01, 2019 by. Cambridge, ontario news newspapers books scholar jstor july 2010 learn how and when to remove. Nov 07, 20 i have an antique vanity dresser hardwood made by hespeler furniture co. Full text of furniture and furnishings internet archive. The cambridge world history 9volume set nhbs academic.
Feb 26, 2014 hespeler furniture company, hespeler, ont stay safe and healthy. Craftsmanship fine period furniture, the hespeler furniture co. Hespeler has a large machine shop, a large foundry, flour mill, saw and planing mill, cider and jelly factory, etc. Hespeler has the best volunteer fire brigade in canada. We have made no attempt to cover the many cabinet makers but rather to examine those individuals or companies who produced furniture in quantity manufactured. Nov 01, 2008 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The more than 600 illustrations not only include photographs and drawings of the furniture itself but also highlight the furniture s links to architecture and the fine arts. Cambridge is also represented on the highertier waterloo regional council which consists of the regional chair, the mayors of the seven cities and townships. Illustrated history of furniture, by frederick litchfield. Antique hespeler dining suite antique appraisal instappraisal. The history of english antique furniture styles and periods in broad terms mirrors englands history generally. This is the story of our work told to inspire your personal home.
Dining suites of this type are in whats called the jacobean revival style. As well, the city has over 70 km of urban and natural trails, 18 km of which run along the grand and speed rivers. The 604page, fourcolor hardcover book was published by fairchild books, a division of conde nast publications, in 2009. Cambridge has 365 ha of parkland, 99 parks, over 140 sports fields, and many golf courses.