[King Manufacturing Company Catalog with Original Photographs].

[New Bedford, Mass.]: [circa late 1870s]. 9¾” x 7¾”. Cloth over boards. 60 pages with 99 albumen photographs pasted down. Most photos measure approximately 4¼” x 5½” and all are captioned. Album fair: possibly missing a title page; front board detached, backstrip mangled, boards grubby; internally good plus with slightly wavy and dustsoiled leaves; photos generally very good with light dusting.

This is a catalog for a furniture company illustrated with original photographs—a rarity for this time frame. A stamp on one page of the book, “I. Heidenheim 716 E. 5th St. N.Y.” likely refers to the retailer who sold these wares. The King Manufacturing Company in New Bedford, Massachusetts, was a 19th-century woodworking and specialty goods enterprise directed by William H. Washburn. It was originally founded around 1875 as Perry and Washburn before transitioning operations. The firm manufactured window and door frames, wood mouldings, shutters, rakes, and artistic wooden novelties. It employed approximately 21 men during its peak active manufacturing period.

This album is a robust exhibition of the company's easels, dressing room and other painted panels, side tables, lecterns, cabinets, mirrors, shelving, book cases, medicine cabinets and more. All are accompanied by dimensions and prices.

OCLC locates nothing similar. Fair. Item #9587

Price: $950.00