{{Short description|American furniture manufacturer}} {{Other uses|Columbia Bicycles}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox company | name = Columbia Manufacturing Inc. | image = 1890s ad Pope Manufacturing Co 3041142.jpg | image_alt = A painting of a parrot and monkey riding a bicycle together with the caption "We are having a heavenly time!" | image_caption = An 1895 ad for Columbia Bicycle | type = Privately-held company | industry = Furniture | predecessor = | founded = {{Start date and age|1877}} | founder = | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | fate = | successor = | hq_location_city = Westfield, Massachusetts | hq_location_country = United States | key_people = | products = Chairs, desks (currently)<br/>Bicycles (formerly) | owner = | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = | website = {{URL|http://www.columbiamfginc.com/}} }} '''Columbia Manufacturing Inc.''' is a company located in Westfield, Massachusetts that manufactures chairs, desks, and other materials.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} In the education industry, it is best known for making the desk chair Model 114, which is used across the United States.<ref name=Baker>{{cite web|last=Baker|first=Al|title=Ergonomic Seats? Most Pupils Squirm in a Classroom Classic|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/education/some-schools-buy-new-chairs-in-a-break-with-the-past.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|work=The New York Times|accessdate=5 January 2013|date=4 January 2013}}</ref> Founded in 1877,<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/6664020Z:US</ref> it was once owned by Pope Manufacturing Company<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia History at a Glance {{!}} Columbia Manufacturing Inc. |url=https://www.columbiamfginc.com/node/427 |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=www.columbiamfginc.com}}</ref> and was the brand that manufactured bicycles for the company. After Pope filed for bankruptcy in 1915, Columbia continued on to manufacture bicycles in Westfield. As of the 2010s, Columbia-branded bicycles are marketed by Columbia Bicycles, a subsidiary of Ballard Pacific.

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