P&P Chair Company
North Carolina furniture makers in the 1940s. Image courtesy of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.
William Carl Page and Arthur Presnell established P&P Chair in 1926. The Asheboro plant rocker production earned global fame during the 1960s. According to journalist and historian, L. Barron Mills, Jr., “members of the Page family continue to operate” the furniture plant.
Sources:
L. Barron Mills, Jr., Randolph County: A Brief History (Raleigh, 2008).
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Timeline: 1916-1945 , 1946-1990
Region: Piedmont Plateau