Mitchell Gold Co.

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Mitchell Gold Co. is a residential and commercial furniture manufacturer based in Taylorsville, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 when Mitchell Gold combined his marketing experience with that of partner Bob Williams, an art director. In April of 2005, the company name was changed to Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams.

Currently, sales at Mitchell Gold have reached in excess of $90 million. Its product line offers both slipcovered and tailored upholstery (including down-blend cushions, premium goose-down-blend and comfortable sleepers), leather, sectionals, beds, ottomans, recliners, and dining chairs. Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams have now introduced a full line of casegoods, lighting, accessories, photography by Tipper Gore, and rugs.

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Mitchell Gold supports such grass-roots and national not-for-profits as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the Empire State Pride Agenda, the Design Industries Foundation for AIDS (DIFFA), Friends In Deed, the AIDS Leadership Foothills-area Alliance (ALFA), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, and the Leukemia Society.

In 2005, Gold formed Faith in America, a non-profit organization aimed at achieving full and equal rights for gay, lesbian, and transgender Americans.

Also, due to its inclusive company policies, Mitchell Gold received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign starting in 2003, the second year of the report. The company has maintained this rating for 2004.