If there’s anything left of the old furniture company, property, buildings, tools, skilled people, your old cowboy friend might very well be able to restart the operation. Trump will help, especially with the supply line-—materials, etc. First move might be for them to dig up an old catalog to help remember wot they made?
Last I heard, it was all sold off. He started his own business tearing down old buildings and selling the recycled materials, like stone, old bricks, barn siding, etc. I believe I heard he was using some of the materials to repurpose as furniture.