E T Burk

Specialties

We are a contemporary and mid-​century modern furniture design gallery located in downtown Nashville. We feature the work of the purveyors and innovators of the modern furniture movement such as Edward Wormley, T.H. Robsjohn-​Gibbings, Tommi Parzinger, George Nakashima, Finn Juhl, Hugh Acton, Milo Baughman, Paul Frankl as well as our own ETBD line hand made in Nashville.

History

Established in 2011.

E. T. Burk is named after Ernest Theophilus Burk. After arriving in Oklahoma with «four children and $ 10 in his pocket,» within a year he was running a successful dry goods store. He and his family then moved to Amarillo, TX in 1920 where he opened the Amarillo Furniture Mart. He treated his customers as friends, and made great effort to welcome all people of varying race, religion and social standing. E. T. Burk owner Chris Kletzien followed in his great great grandfather’s footsteps, opening the shop in 2011 in his honor.

Meet the Manager

Rachel B.

Manager

Nashville native Rachel Bubis is the Gallery Manager at E. T. Burk. She is also the Gallery Director at the non-​profit art gallery Seed Space. Her favorite designer is T. H. Robsjohn-​Gibbings, or as his friends called him «Gibby.»

E. T. Burk is also made up the owner, Chris Kletzien, and the furniture restorer, Ben Trimble.