International studio (46.1912)

FIFTY years of faithfulness, of keeping worthi-
ness above price and quality above sales, counts
today in every piece of Berkey & Gay furniture.

WE BEGAN making furniture in the old-fashioned days
when people who bought it personally knew the men
who made it. We may still be old fashioned, but this spirit
of trustworthiness which grew out of close acquaintance con-
tinues to pervade our institution. If you have any of our
pieces in your home you may know that our reputation and
good faith are your guarantee.

OUR period pieces are studied from the masterpieces of the age in which the styles
originated. We work faithfully in the very spirit of the old masters in furniture,
with the same materials, the same thought, the same ambitions and desires—quality
goes in before the price goes on—the patience, the deftness, the sincerity of the artists
and artisans of old vitalize the work of our craftsmen on wood. Our furniture is

For Your Childrens Heirlooms

Berkey Gay Furniture Co.
165 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, NI ichigan


K/'OUR dealer has a goodly display of Berkey SV
Gay furniture on his floors, and with that and
our wonderful book of direct photogravures he enables
you to select from our entire line of over 2,000 pieces.
We make furniture for the bedroom, the dining room,
the living room, the liorary and the hall. Whatever
the architectural style or the artistic motif of your
home, you may carry it out exactly and harmoniously
with our furniture in its various designs.
We cannot print a catalogue. We do not make the
kind of furniture that fits a catalogue.

YOU will enjoy reading “ Character in Furniture,”
our de luxe book which tells interestingly the
history and meaning of period styles. It is beautifully
illustrated by Rene Vincent, who has caught the true
spirit of our furniture in real life. For 15 two-cent
U. S. stamps we will send it by return mail, and, if
you ask, we will also send our colored card bearing
Eugene Field’s famous poem, “ In Amsterdam,” which
mentions us and will delight
you. It would be better to
write us today for these; the
editions are limited.

This is the inlaid mark of
honor that is in or on
every Berkey & Gay piece

PRESS OF REDFIELD BROTHERS, NEW YORK