Berkeygay.com
Some time after receiving the following email from Christian Berkey. I searched for his antiques related website and found that the domain Berkeygay.com was available. Having sold quite a few pieces of Berkey & Gay furniture over the years. I decided to purchase the domain BerkeyGay.com. While in the process of rebuilding antiquefurniture.us I have decided to redirect Berkeygay.com to this folder on antiquefurniture.us, As it will save the effort and expense of maintaining two websites. I plan to add much of the original Berkeygay.com content back that I published years ago. PLus I have quite a bit of addition info concerning the Berkey & Gay Furniture company that I can add in the future.
Dear Sir
, My name is Christian Berkey and I am Julius Berkey's great great grandson. I just wanted to drop you a note to compliment you on the Berkey & Gay pieces you have - they are exquisite!
Kind Regards,
Christian Berkey
Exquisite Berkey & Gay Furniture Bedroom Suite
Berkey & Gay Bed |
Berkey & Gay Chest |
Berkey & Gay Chest Interior |
Berkey & Gay Dresser |
Berkey & Gay Mirror |
Berkey & Gay Vanity |
The Berkey & Gay chest, dresser & vanity pictured above all have spring loaded secret drawers. Do the photos above represent the best quality 1920's era Berkey & Gay bedroom furniture that the Berkey & Gay Furniture Company manufactured? This is by far the best 1920's Berkey & Gay bedroom suite I have seen in almost 40 years of buying and selling antique furniture! If you know of a better 1920's era Berkey and Gay bedroom suite please email me pictures. I will gladly post them on this website giving you full credit with a link to your website if desired!
Berkey & Gay Furniture Company Labels
Braded Label |
Paper Label |
Brass Label |
The Berkey & Gay Furniture Company used three different types of labels to mark the furniture that they manufactured. The first label was branded into the wood and can often be found inside the drawers of the Berkey & Gay case pieces. Around the year 1900 the branded type label was replaced by a paper label. The brass label was used starting around the 1920's until Berkey and Gay went out of business in the 1940's. Please note that it is not uncommon to find both brass and paper labels used during the same era. Especially on dining room suites where the Berkey & Gay paper labels were quite often used to mark the dining chairs. As with the earlier branded label the Berkey & Gay brass labels can be found inside drawers or on the back of furniture such as beds.
June 2013 |