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Company History

Frank_Morrow_Factory

The Frank Morrow Company was incorporated in early 1929, just months before the banks closed in the Nation's plunge into the Great Depression.  Frank Morrow perservered during these years through toolmaking skills that enabled him to tackle jobs (like making zipper wire) that few others would attempt.  His work week often consisted of seven-day weeks and eighteen-hour workdays with the six hours night's rest taken on top of his desk.

During World War II, the company switched most of its production to the making of high precision torpedo bearings (the ones that worked, not the problem-plagued bearings made at the Navy's torpedo facility).  At the end of the war, production shifted back to the main lines of jewelry findings and decorative wires, decorative metal bandings, and fine perforated metal filigree and perforated gallery designs for use in the lighting, giftware, furniture, and leather goods trades.

Our experienced toolmakers continue to ensure a steady flow of new additions to our extensive line of nearly 6,000 distinct stamped metal designs.

The Company's current product line is a broad array of decorative metal stampings and metal trim designs including: 

  • Metal Banding (solid embossed patterns, rolled patterns, angle & channel designs) 
  • Metal Filigree (finely perforated patterns, rolled & pierced patterns)
  • Metal Leaf designs (classical acanthus leaves, oak leaves, grape leaves, ivy leaves, woodland leaves, tropical & fern & banana leaves, matching left & right leaf pairs, continuous length and many others)
  • Metal Motif designs (animal & insect, fruit & vegetable, garden & herbs, classical & fleur de lis, bows & tassles, western & sports, holiday & nostalgia, tropical, seashells & seashore)
  • Metal Flower designs (Rose, Sunflower, Morning Glory, Calla Lily, Orchid, Iris, 3 Dimensional Flowers, Assembled Flowers, Stamped Flowers, Rosettes & Medallions)
  • Metal Lamp Parts (Husks & Bobeches, Candle Cup & Plates)
  • Metal Ornament designs (Tiffany corners, Box Legs, Filigree Findings, Clips & Corners)
  • Grey Iron Metal Castings

Our products have application in a multitude of industries including, but not limited to residential and commercial architectural and interior design and accents (hotel, restaurant, casino, yacht & home), store fixture & Point of Purchase (permanent and temporary), lamps & lighting, furniture, decorative home accessory, fireplace, ornamental iron work (fences, gates, railings, grillwork), funerary (casket & urn trim), home & garden, giftware, and arts & crafts.  It is our sincere hope that you wil find use for our product wherever there is a need for a decorative metal ornamentation!

 

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