Charles Rohlfs participates at the Arts and…
1900 CE to 1911 CE
Charles Rohlfs participates at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition at the National Arts Club in New York in December 1900.
The next year, he participates both as an exhibitor and as an organizer of the Pan-American Exposition in his hometown of Buffalo.
The Exposition brings him fame.
Rohlfs is the only American furniture maker known to have participated in the International Exposition of Decorative Art in Turin in 1902.
Perhaps as a result of the exposure he receives there, Rohlfs becomes a member of the Royal Society of Arts in London.
After he retires from furniture making around 1907, Rohlfs becomes a leader of the Chamber of Commerce in Buffalo.
He actively campaigns for child labor reform and is an advocate of the metric system.
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Oak chair by Charles Rohlfs, early 1900s, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo taken in 2010 by Wmpearl
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