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Universal Statuary Corp. was a Chicago based statue manufacturer.〔()〕 Jack and Leo Lucchesi founded the Universal Statuary Corp. The company produced piggy banks, plaques and (by the late 1930s) they large store displays including Indian statues. The company employed many immigrant artisans to design the chalkware and plaster figures and produce the statues. The company employed plastic in the 1970s.〔(brings gains Statue firm expands with plastic ) Chicago Tribune Oct 3, 1975 page C7 Section: 4 〕 The Lucchesi family sold the company in the early 1980s.〔http://www.auctioncentralnews.com/index.php/columns-and-international/kovels/611-kovels-antiques-a-collecting-week-of-feb-23-2009#ixzz2g8G6pcOm〕 James L. Dorman owned the company in the late 1980s and it was headquartered in Milwaukee. The company employed about 130 people in Chicago in the late 1980s.〔(firm names president ) The Milwaukee Sentinel – Mar 15, 1989 page1 part 4〕 Collectors provide a market for resale of the statues, but they are not generally valued highly in monetary terms.〔()〕 In 1996 the company was owned by B. Paul Brueggemeier and was having to leave its factory at 850 North Ogden to make way for a town house development.〔ERNEST TUCKER (must make way for town house project ) December 9, 1996 Chicago Sun-Times page 11〕 The company also made lawn ornaments from resin and bookends. Statuettes featured whimsical figurse of animals or children and were sold at Sears and other outlet stores.〔(owl could bring as much as $20 ) June 11, 2004 Spokesman Review〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Universal Statuary Corp.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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