Essentially except for nichols and stone large scale chair and furniture manufacturing has disappeared in gardner.
S bent brothers furniture company.
And nichols and stone company became nationally known for the manufacturing of college and university chairs.
Bent and brothers was known for producing well made.
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Many employees complained of being worked long hours with no breaks causing them to miss meals and become fatigued s.
At one time gardner mass was known as the chair capitol of the world other well known furniture companies located there were conant ball heywood wakefield and baumritter the company that became ethan allen.
Bent brothers furniture incorporated pieces because they were mass or factory produced have not retained value well.
Samuel bent and brothers was one of the many thriving furniture factories in gardner ma nicknamed the chair city.
Tuesday caused extensive damage to the former shipping and finishing area of what was once the s.
Bent went out of business because of a law suit that was filed on behalf of his workers for unfair labor practices.
They closed in 2000.
Other well known furniture companies located there were conant ball heywood wakefield and baumritter the company that became ethan allen.
I am unsure of the name of the new owners but they still operate out of the same factory in gardner ma.
The company suffered many losses after being sued by their employees for unfair labor practices.
Like most of the other furniture manufac.