The son of a furniture merchant, Manfred "Fred" Ohrenstein was born in 1925 in Mannheim, Germany.

As a teenager, he began collecting folklore material while seeking "a dollar down and dollar a week" accounts for his father, a furniture merchant.

William James Zimpel (25 February 1859 - 3 December 1923) was an Australian furniture manufacturer, furniture merchant and local government councillor.

The son of a furniture merchant in Birmingham, Ala., he was, like many of his peers, very young, just 29 years old, when he made it into the partnership.

He's a furniture merchant.

Kramer was born in Worcester, South Africa to a furniture merchant and a hairdresser, and spent his formative years in Worcester.

The odds-on favorite is Becky Leeman (Ms. Richards), daughter of the local furniture merchant, a contestant brimming with patriotism, religious fervor and phony self-effacement.

Born in Saint-Ubalde, Quebec, he was a furniture merchant by career.

Thompson entered business as a furniture merchant and undertaker.

While sellers of home improvement goods and apparel can cite weather with impunity, he said, computer retailers and furniture merchants are on shakier ground.