South Carolina Vienna Bent Wood Furniture Company

The South Carolina Vienna Bent Wood Furniture Company was originally founded in ca. 1885 in Charleston, South Carolina. it was on May 8th, 1885 that a charer certificate was issued to the South Carolina Bent Wood Furniture Company for the purposes of manufacturing and selling furniture. Names of incorporators included R.G. Chisolm, J.F. Jaworek, J.C.H. Claussen, C. Bart & Co., Otto Tiedeman, and Robert Chisolm. The company opened a second factory in Columbia, South Carolina to meet great demand. That location made 200 bent wood chairs a day. The company liquidated in May, 1886.


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