 This is longest continuously operating bedding manufacturing and retail company in the United States.The company continues operations to this day and provided more beds and bedding to the finest hotels and clubs than any other company during its first hundred years.Charles was a pioneer in both the manufacturing processes and importation of brass and iron bedstead and a beloved member of the business community of New York; after his death he was referred to as the "dean of the bedding manufacturers of New York City…" in The Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan Periodical, volume 15, 1918.