Industrial Antiques at Dealer Wholesale
After a decade as online retail sellers, Ergoiamtoo, Inc. is now a source for industrial antiques for dealers. "We will continue offering items to the end user," reports Mark Cooke, president, "while developing specific lines of our Industrial Chic product group for dealers who maintain retail store fronts and merchandise at antique shows."
Ergoiamtoo's Industrial Chic antiques consist of furniture and objets d'art from mid century factories, schools and other such commercial entities. Some chief characteristics are rust, dents, paint chips and heavy metal. For Industrial Chic enthusiasts, these signs of abuse -- that automatically condemn other collectibles -- enhance the desirability.
"Our customers tend to be from the Form Follows Function school," says Cooke. "It's a kind of edgy minimalism. A stool that has survived decades of use by dozens, maybe hundreds of factory workers or classroom students, for example, has a presence that a new product doesn't have.
Ergoiamtoo's Industrial Chic antiques consist of furniture and objets d'art from mid century factories, schools and other such commercial entities. Some chief characteristics are rust, dents, paint chips and heavy metal. For Industrial Chic enthusiasts, these signs of abuse -- that automatically condemn other collectibles -- enhance the desirability.
"Our customers tend to be from the Form Follows Function school," says Cooke. "It's a kind of edgy minimalism. A stool that has survived decades of use by dozens, maybe hundreds of factory workers or classroom students, for example, has a presence that a new product doesn't have.
