History of Gorham stainless steel flatware- the president's choice
Click here to load reader
-
Upload
nadichkasweet -
Category
Design
-
view
88 -
download
0
Transcript of History of Gorham stainless steel flatware- the president's choice
![Page 1: History of Gorham stainless steel flatware- the president's choice](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022100523/554c29ddb4c9050d1b8b4b43/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
History of Gorham Stainless Steel Flatware - The President's
Choice
Gorham Stainless Steel Flatware was first a small shop in Providence, Rode Island ran by Jabez Gorham who started off designing jewelry in
1813.
![Page 2: History of Gorham stainless steel flatware- the president's choice](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022100523/554c29ddb4c9050d1b8b4b43/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
He later gave the company to his son John - who later evolved it into a flatware designing shop. They became one
of the largest manufacturing silversmith's in the world.
Many different companies over the years have bought this company. Lenox which is one of them are now the manufactures of Gorham Stainless Steel Flatware.
![Page 3: History of Gorham stainless steel flatware- the president's choice](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022100523/554c29ddb4c9050d1b8b4b43/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Before selling his company to his son, and retiring in 1847, Jabez had partnered with Henry Webster. They specialized
in sterling silver and made all sorts of small items like combs, jewelry, teapots. A tariff had occurred back in those days banding the shipment of silverware outside the United
States.
This made the American Silver Industry boom. After John took over he wasted no time in expanding everything from the assembly line to the workers. He hired highly skilled
foreign designers to train the American workers.
![Page 4: History of Gorham stainless steel flatware- the president's choice](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022100523/554c29ddb4c9050d1b8b4b43/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
They later became the Gorham Manufacturing Company in 1890 moving to a bigger facility in Providence. It was
Gorham designers who crafted the popular flatware pattern Chantilly. Like I stated earlier several different companies
purchase the Gorham company.
The Gorham flatware were used in the White house on many occasions. The Chantilly pattern was used by the family of George W. Bush on Air Force One. Not much mentioned
about quality of Gorham Stainless Steel Flatware, nevertheless; if it was good enough for the white house and for President George W. Bush I would guess it had quality.
![Page 5: History of Gorham stainless steel flatware- the president's choice](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022100523/554c29ddb4c9050d1b8b4b43/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Since Lenox has taken over production of Gorham flatware, I would assume they have all their designer patterns also,
probably making Lenox stainless steel flatware a competitive brand to contend with.
Some companies may not mention that both brand names are one in the same, so whether you shop around and find
Lenox or Gorham stainless steel flatware know they are one of the same.
Kind of makes you wonder if they have taken on the Lenox or the Gorham tradition of production - probably a mixture of
both.
![Page 6: History of Gorham stainless steel flatware- the president's choice](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022100523/554c29ddb4c9050d1b8b4b43/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Remember when you see Lenox or Gorham they are different brand names yet under the same organization of
production.
Since both brands have made a name for themselves, it's probably wise that they continue to use both brand names
separately.
This is probably is an advantage on other companies to have two different brands working for you rather than just one.
![Page 7: History of Gorham stainless steel flatware- the president's choice](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022100523/554c29ddb4c9050d1b8b4b43/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Sources:
http://www.studiowilliam.com/US/
http://ezinearticles.com/?History-of-Gorham-Stainless-Steel-Flatware---The-Presidents-Choice&id=8072798