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Orleans Furniture at Furnitureland South, Fall 2010
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Orleans Furniture
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Orleans Furniture, Inc. can trace its roots back to 1895. The company was founded by Bob Morrow, Sr. and operated in New Orleans, Louisiana as New Orleans Furniture Company. The majority of the business was building solid wood case goods. Not long after opening its doors, New Orleans Furniture expanded and opened manufacturing locations in Memphis, Tennessee, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Guthrie, Oklahoma. Bob Morrow, Sr. later gave ownership to his two sons; Bob Morrow, Jr. oversaw the Memphis and Little Rock locations, while Louis Morrow oversaw the New Orleans and Guthrie locations.
To become more centralized and economically viable, the company phased out of its satellite factories in 1952 and moved its New Orleans operation to Columbia, Mississippi, where our home office and factory is located today. In 1984, the company's ownership changed as well as its name; New Orleans Furniture became Orleans Furniture.
In 1998, to compete in the ever changing global marketplace, Orleans created its Magnolia Classics division to compliment its domestically produced bedroom furniture, curio cabinets, and entertainment centers. The majority of the Magnolia Classics line is imported from numerous factories overseas, while a portion of this line is made domestically by using labor-intensive parts shipped from the Orient. The Magnolia Classics division features solid wood and veneers in bedroom curio cabinets and entertainment centers.
Orleans Furniture, Inc. presently employs approximately 150 people and utilizes over 500,000 square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space to deliver our products to numerous retail stores and distributors across the U.S. via our own fleet of company trucks. Orleans Furniture is a dynamic company with an innovative product line that continually offers value, style, and quality to its customers.
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