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. 

This virtual showroom includes samples of each type of furniture included in the 1909 catalog. 

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

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

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

Combination Dresser 408. $7.75
American quartered.  Top 42 in.  Bevel plate 18x20.

China Closet 406. $7.75
American quartered.  Top 38 in.  Height 60 in.

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

Commode 322. $6.00
American quartered.  Top 32 in.  Swell top Draw.

Somnoe 410. $2.75
American quartered.  Top 17x17.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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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