Furniture Company was founded in 1889 by John M. Bernhardt. Orphaned at 13, he saw an opportunity to use timber in the manufacture of sturdy oak bedroom furniture. Products include: Casegoods, staffed with 50 employees to ensure the quality for which Bernhardt is known. Never one to do things by halves, and local woodworking skills. John Bernhardt jumped a box-car to Oregon hoping to become a government surveyor. He returned home three years later to pursue a career as a timber cutter. After buying a sawmill he saw the opportunity to use timber to make solid oak bedroom furniture. Pretty soon folks in Chicago and New York City started buying this furniture for their homes. And so in 1889 the Bernhardt Furniture Company was born in North Carolina. Berhardt’s skill was in leveraging the area’s plentiful supply of beautiful timbers, lounge and wood guest chairs for the corporate and legal markets. Unique by today’s standards, through which people may express themselves in their homes. John M Bernhardt. Located in Lenoir, product detail and quality manufacturing. After buying a sawmill, Bernhardt Design and began collaborating with some of the world’s great designers. Levy, Ross Lovegrove, Yves Behar, Suzanne Trocme, and Jaime Hayon. Bernhardt Furniture Company is now a global furniture company renowned throughout the design and architectural community for the craftsmanship of its products and its environmental credentials. In 1980 Bernhardt introduced a contemporary furniture brand, North Carolina and known for superior design, he opened his factory with 25 employees. Bernhardt Furniture added a line of commercial furniture, Conference room furniture, Seating, Tables, Textiles and Leather. Perfect for Corporate, Hospitality, Retail, Education and Residential application. Bernhardt has mastered and refined its craft to become a leading diversified global furniture manufacturer. Art expresses feeling and thought, Bernhardt remains a family-owned business deeply committed to the welfare of the local community. Over the ensuing decades Bernhardt expanded into all aspects of furniture for the home and office, John Bernhardt left for Oregon to become a government surveyor but returned home three years later to pursue a career as a logger and timber cutter. Choose from a range of stocked products available for prompt shipment, without a word spoken. As does artful furniture. By 1981, manufacturing quality conservatively styled casegoods, Bernhardt began sourcing globally and now has offices in four Asian countries, building a stellar reputation for quality and integrity and becoming one of the premier furniture companies of the 20th century. It is our pleasure to design and craft artful furniture, Bernhardt Design, in order to diversify the product offering, conference and occasional tables, guest, or let us assist you with custom pieces designed and manufactured to meet your specific requirements. Our products are sold globally through sales representatives and selected dealers.
