Burke Furniture Co. History?  

only burke furniture that ...
only burke furniture that i have ever seen was headquarters out of Dallas Texas
They made a career and a company out of knocking off sarrine Tulip tables
and chairs, I have not seen any of their other stuff

Trek Chairs
Burkes claim ...
Trek Chairs
Burkes claim to fame they got the nod for the Trek chairs on star Trek
The Chairs of Star Trek:were converted from chairs made by Burke Furniture, a Dallas TX based furniture company during the 60's that produced Modern style furniture. In most cases an additional section was added to the backrest. Three triangular shapes were also attached near the bottom of the back rest to really give it that 23rd century feel. Three different models of "Burke" chairs were used

Beam me up scotty
Beam me up scotty

Thank you
Ah, very interesting.

My first tulips were Burkes...
My first tulips were Burkes for that very reason. Very cool to have Mr. Spock's chair at my desk.
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Seeking Burke 115 saarinen Knock off chair Swivel
If you have the swivel part from the "star trek" type chair I will buy it. I bough the chair and table set 38 years ago and now one of the chairs has failed. Please contact Rick @ 925 253-7828. Thanks!

This is such an odd...
This is such an odd coincidence! I live in Lexington, and I was on I-64 right behind a truck that said 'Burke Furniture'. This was maybe four or five days ago. I thought it strange because I had never heard of a Burke Furniture in Lexington, and was assuming the name must be copyrighted. The truck also said something about it being a family-owned company since the 50s or 60s. I thought perhaps the pre-dated the knock-off company and were allowed to keep the name since they were already using it. I meant to mention something on here but completely forgot.