Furniture path starts with what customers want
A model poses amid Gardenella chairs in a page from the 1977 company catalog. The Gardenella collection was introduced that year. (Courtesy of Telescope Casual Furniture) By Jay Mullen /…
A model poses amid Gardenella chairs in a page from the 1977 company catalog. The Gardenella collection was introduced that year. (Courtesy of Telescope Casual Furniture) By Jay Mullen /…
An aluminum version of the Director Chair is shown on the set at WRGB-TV studios in Schenectady in 1962. Telescope introduced aluminum furniture in 1957. (Courtesy of Telescope Casual Furniture)…
In this building, cats go from feral to ‘family’ Ginger (above) and Loey (pictured below), both 3 years old, are relatively new members of the Telescope ‘family.’ (Photos by Jeff…
Wood chips burn in the boiler at Telescope, providing the heat for the company’s 1-million-square-foot-facility. (Caton Deuso / NYVT Media) By Caton Deuso / NYVT Media staff Because Telescope has…
Telescope has 14 United States flags in its factory, showing the company’s made-in-America pride. (Jeff Foley / For NYVT Media) By Austin Crosier / NYVT Media staff One of the…
Lance Stevens drives a Toyota forklift on the Telescope campus. Telescope has adopted ‘the Toyota Way,’ which holds that it is ‘everyone in the company’s responsibility to remove waste from…
1. Wood Assembly 2. Boiler Room 3. Metal Extrusion Warehouse 4. Maintenance and Tool & Die 5. Main Offices 6. Patio Essentials Showroom 7. Metal Department 8. Sewing Department 9.…
OFFICERS – Front row, from left: Henry J.W. Vanderminden IV, Kathy Juckett, Wilma Vanderminden (dog), Robert Vanderminden Jr. Middle row, from left (all seated): Chris Ettori, Robin Dodge, Rick Doyle,…
Telescope’s 277 employees show their enthusiasm at a photo shoot in the company’s factory in Granville this past summer. (Jeff Foley / For NYVT Media) With 277 employees, Telescope Casual…
The duo has worked at Telescope for 51 years Paul Woodruff Jr., right, and Charlie Jones are Telescope’s longest-tenured employees, having joined the company in 1970. (Jeff Foley / For…