6 ANTIQUE VINTAGE VICTORIAN FLINT HORNER FURNITURE Co TAGS RJ Oak Mahogany ERA
Item History & Price
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Greetings and thanks for viewing my item. Unless otherwise stated, this is a pre owed item and may have normal wear / etc. associated with a vintage or pre owned item so please view all the photos as they serve as the best description of what you are bidding on. This particular auction is for 6 ANTIQUE FURNITURE TAGS - FLINTS FINE FURNITURE FLINT AND HORNER CO INC 20-26 WEST 36TH ST NEW YORK CITY. Each measures 3 inches across. If for some reason this item was to be damaged in sh...ipping rest assured it will come with complete insurance for the full auction amount. Buyer pays shipping.
"Flint & Horner advertised that its business was founded in 1840. That was the yearHenry Bruner opened a furniture business in New York City that was purchased about 1891 by George C. Flint. Flint's business merged with R. J. Horner & Co. about 1914 and was renamed Flint & Horner. It was a New York retail store until at least the 1930s, and it had a reputation for selling high-quality furniture."An exhibition catalog for "19th-Century America: Furniture and Other Decorative Arts, " at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Sept. 1970, offers, "George C. Flint and Company, successors to the firm of Henry Bruner, was first listed in the 1868 New York directory. A Twenty-third Street address, with threeadditional addresses, first appeared in the directory for 1894/95; a listing only at Twenty-third Street ran from 1909 until 1913."George C. Flint & Co. did, indeed, appear in Trow's New York City Directory in 1868. The full entry read, "Flint George C. & Co., successors to Henry Bruner, furniture, 396 Hudson & 22 Clarkson." So Flint's purchase of the Bruner business came far earlier than 1891. Robert J. Horner came along in 1885, and these two businesses merged to form Flint & Horner Co. Inc. in 1914.
"Flint & Horner advertised that its business was founded in 1840. That was the yearHenry Bruner opened a furniture business in New York City that was purchased about 1891 by George C. Flint. Flint's business merged with R. J. Horner & Co. about 1914 and was renamed Flint & Horner. It was a New York retail store until at least the 1930s, and it had a reputation for selling high-quality furniture."An exhibition catalog for "19th-Century America: Furniture and Other Decorative Arts, " at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Sept. 1970, offers, "George C. Flint and Company, successors to the firm of Henry Bruner, was first listed in the 1868 New York directory. A Twenty-third Street address, with threeadditional addresses, first appeared in the directory for 1894/95; a listing only at Twenty-third Street ran from 1909 until 1913."George C. Flint & Co. did, indeed, appear in Trow's New York City Directory in 1868. The full entry read, "Flint George C. & Co., successors to Henry Bruner, furniture, 396 Hudson & 22 Clarkson." So Flint's purchase of the Bruner business came far earlier than 1891. Robert J. Horner came along in 1885, and these two businesses merged to form Flint & Horner Co. Inc. in 1914.
