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1909 Furniture Showroom

1909 Catalog Cover
1909 Furniture Catalog Cover.
This is the cover of the first catalog produced exclusively for the Arcadia Furniture Company.
Source: Ruth Starke Burkhead

In just the third year of its existence, the Arcadia Furniture Company produced about 60 different pieces of bedroom furniture.

  • Bed

  • Dresser

  • Princess Dresser

  • Empress Dresser

  • Cheval Dresser

  • Chiffonier

  • Commode

  • Buffet

  • Combination Dresser

  • Sideboard

  • China Closet

  • Somnoe

Each piece could be ordered in a number of variations. Dressers came with or without mirrors in various sizes and six different shapes. Drawers were divided or not, and their faces were flat, curved vertically, or curved horizontally. 


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Click for closeup of Bed 310
Bed 310. $2.75
American quartered.  Height 57 in.  Width 4 ft. 6 in. Could be furnished in 3 ft. 6 in. width.

Click for closeup of Buffet 349
Buffet 349. $11.50
American quartered.  Top 42 in.  Swell top draws, one lined. Bevel plate 12x36.

Click for closeup of Cheval Dresser 94
Cheval Dresser 94. $10.25
Ash.  Top 42 in.  Swell top draws.  Plate 18x40.

Click for closeup of Combination Dresser 408
Combination Dresser 408. $7.75
American quartered.  Top 42 in.  Bevel plate 18x20.

Click for closeup of China Closet 406
China Closet 406. $7.75
American quartered.  Top 38 in.  Height 60 in.


Click for closeup of Chiffonier 307
Chiffonier 307. $7.25
American quartered.  Top 34 in.  Top draws serpentine.  
Bevel plate 16x20.

Click for closeup of Commode 322
Commode 322. $6.00
American quartered.  Top 32 in.  Swell top Draw.

Click for closeup of Somnoe 410
Somnoe 410. $2.75
American quartered.  Top 17x17.

Click for closeup of Empress Dresser 357
Empress Dresser 357. $8.50
American quartered.  Width 48 in.  Wood knobs. Bevel plate 18x40.

Click for closeup of Hotel Princess Dresser 354
Hotel Princess Dresser 354. $7.25
American quartered.  Top 38 in.  Top draws swell and divided. Bevel plate 17x30.

Click for closeup of Sideboard 250
Sideboard 250. $8.00
American quartered.  Top 42 in.  Two swell top draws.  Bevel plate 14X24.

Click for closeup of Dresser 91
Dresser 91. $7.50
Ash.  Top 42 in.  Top draws swell and divided. 
Bevel plate 20x24.

Click for closeup of Bed Room Suite 10
Bed Room Suite 10. $11.10
American quartered.  Bed height 62 in.  Dresser top 34 in.  Bevel plate 16x20. 
Commodes to match. Beds must be ordered in pairs on account of packing.

Click for closeup of Bed Room Suite 80
Bed Room Suite 80. $16.00
Ash.  Bed height 75 in.  Foot cap half roll. 
Dresser top 42 in.  Top draws serpentine and divided.  Bevel plate 24x30. 
Commode top 31 in.

Click for closeup of Bed Room Suite 410
Bed Room Suite 410. $20.25
American quartered.  Bed height 74 in.
Dresser top 42 in.  Full serpentine swell front.  Wood knobs.  Bevel plate 24x30. 
Commode to match. Bed Room Suite No. 410 1/2. Same as 410, in oak.  Tops and fronts quartered.

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