Manufacturer · Netherlands · Franeker · 1920–1978
Fristho
Fristho (1920–1978) – Dutch furniture manufacturer from Franeker, producing furniture designed for Metz & Co and De Bijenkorf.
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About the manufacturer
- Years active
- 1920–1978
- Country
- Netherlands
- Location
- Franeker
Friesche Stoel- en Houtwarenfabriek (Fristho) began producing chairs and small furniture in Huizum near Leeuwarden in 1920, and expanded to Franeker in 1923, where it became one of the main employers; Arnould Jean Baptist Merckx was its director. Chairs and furniture were mass-produced, with wood processed as mechanically as possible.
Thanks to its high quality, the company acquired clients such as Metz & Co and De Bijenkorf, producing furniture designed, among others, by Elmar Berkovich, Hendrik Wouda and Ida Falkenberg-Liefrinck, and subsequently becoming a manufacturer-designer in its own right. In 1954, it took over a factory in Bergschenhoek, and in 1971 moved to a new factory in Heerlen. It went bankrupt in 1978.
