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Van Sciver Furniture 1920s -1940s Pieces

NEGOTIABLE Will accept best offer. In 1881, Van Sciver opened his furniture business in a small shop only 20 feet in width at 210 Federal Street in Camden. Within only a year the company had grown so much that they moved to a larger location on the same street and by 1888, it was moved to a four-story building on the corner of Delaware and Federal. Over the next 35 years, several additions were constructed onto this building until it occupied ten acres. In 1932, a Trenton store was opened, a building that was designed by Joseph's son Lloyd, while manufacturing was continued in Camden.[1][4] Five years later, they expanded into Allentown, Pennsylvania,[3] and eventually also established stores in Abington, Pennsylvania, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware.[5] In 1961, lack of parking around the Trenton store forced the company to abandon it. In 1963, they reopened in hopes the parking problems had been solved but vacated again in 1976 when the building was considered as the Mercer County Manpower Skills Training Center.[6] The Trenton store moved to nearby Oxford Valley in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania but in 1983, it closed down. Van Sciver Company furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,120 and can go as high as $3,200, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,400. The Trenton store moved to nearby Oxford Valley in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania but in 1983, it closed down. However, they were unable to sell the building and pay their creditors so by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Oxford Valley store was reopened in 1984 as a warehouse outlet in order to liquidate remaining stock after the Camden warehouse was shut down.