'/>

Hazel Home Art and Antiques Wausau, Wisconsin

Hazel Home Art and Antiques Wausau, Wisconsin

Friday, January 23, 2015

Mid-century buyer from Milwaukee.

This guy seemed happy with his purchases. 

He got a green hospital chair by Hill-Rom and a great Danish Modern, Mersman Co. octagon shaped walnut lamp table.

From Common Sense Antiques we get this bit of info on Mersman:

"A classic example is that of the company name Mersman. Everybody knows that Mersman made all those occasional tables during the Depression era. After all have you ever seen anything else by Mersman? And they have been out of business for many years. Right? Not exactly. Otto Mersman opened his furniture making business in 1876 in Ottoville, OH under the name Mersman Tables. But he also made beds and bed parts as well a other types of furniture. After Otto gave the company to his two sons it went though several formats and name changes including Lenartz and Mersman Brothers. In 1906 the company became known as Mersman Brothers and Brandts Company and later that year was incorporated under the slightly altered name of Mersman Brothers Brandts Company. The company name changed once again in 1927 to the famous name of Mersman Brothers Corporation, located in Celina, OH."

No comments:

Post a Comment