1860 - 1914
Adrien Margantine, a Frenchman, gained most of his training in furniture design in England where he worked for fifteen years before coming to Grand Rapids to join the Berkey & Gay Furniture Company in 1898. There he designed pieces in Golden Oak and Colonial Styles. He later resigned to attend the Paris Exposition. He returned to Berkey & Gay and worked for that concern until his death in 1914.
First Name | Adrien |
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Last Name | Margantin |
Birth | 1860 |
Death | 1914 |
Notes | Coll. 204-7, History & Special Collections Dept. Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from Grand Rapids History & Special Collections, Archives, Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids, MI |