Adrien Margantin

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.