Furniture Library Names Directors

January 2, 2012  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Executive Changes on January 3, 2012

The Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library in High Point has named 10 new members of its board of directors.

Those board members include: Danny Davis, Davis Furniture; Stephanie Lowder, Rare Bird Creative Marketing; Kern Maass, Appalachian State University; Dudley Moore, Jr., Otto and Moore Inc.; Jay Reardon, Hickory Chair Co.; Cheminne Taylor-Smith, High Point Market Authority; Ed Tashjian, Tashjian Marketing; Jeff Williams, Aldermann Company; Penn Wood, Wood Foundation; and Chip Wright, Leggett & Platt.

"The Furniture Library is dedicated to being a center for design, research, collaboration and innovation for the furniture and design industries,"  said Curator Karla Webb." With the addition of these individuals to our Board of Directors, the Library can continue to fulfill founder Sandy Bienenstock€™s passion for education in the home furnishings industry."

The Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library was founded in 1970 and encompasses a collection of more than 5,000 volumes on furniture and design history, interior design, architecture, art, textiles and construction. Since 1984, the Library has awarded in excess of $350,000 in scholarships to hundreds of students at 17 colleges and universities throughout the United States.

The rare book collection contains significant volumes published since 1640 and includes a complete collection of the original works of 18th-century furniture masters Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite, as well as a complete set of Diderot's Encyclopedia.