Life, 1910-11-03 · page 9 of 72
Life — November 3, 1910 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **not a cartoon or satire page** — it's a straightforward advertisement for The Grand Rapids Furniture Company, placed in *Life* magazine. The page features a product photograph of an elegant sofa with decorative elements (lamp, side table, plant), flanked by ornamental candlesticks. The text emphasizes that the company produces exact reproductions of fine old furniture, combining historical authenticity with modern craftsmanship. The ad highlights that their pieces are available exclusively at the Twelve Galleries of the Building in New York, and promotes their illustrated catalogue called "The House and Its Furnishings" for those seeking interior design advice. There is **no political or social satire here** — simply period advertising targeting affluent consumers interested in reproduction antique furniture.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
The Bequest of the Beautiful E OWE tthe legacy of comeliness bequeathed to us in the shape of fine old Furniture to two attributes—its beauty and the honesty of its workmanship. These twin qualities are exhibited to the utmost extent in our Reproductions of the most admirable examples of old Furniture of this character. In design, in material, in the minutest detail of construction, they are exact counterparts of their originals. Our productions are offered for sale in New York only. Here they may be scen in the Twelve Galleries of the Building especially designed and built for The Grand Rapids Furniture Company. The individuality of these admirable Of actual assistance to those furnishing, examples of the modern Cabinetmaker's however, will be found our book, ‘ The craft is such that an illustrated Catalogue House and Its Plenishing,” which will be would be misleading rather than helpful. sent to all who write us of their exact needs. Grann Hapios Furniture Company 34 and 36 West Tiirey-Sesond Street, New York comicbooks.com-