Features Claude Monet collection
AT THE MARKET -- Case goods manufacturer Habersham has redesigned its High Point showroom in Market Square, space 142, to display two new lifestyles and a new licensed group for the Claude Monet collection.
Monet's Journeys has more than 20 pieces inspired by the painter's works and his extensive travels. The collection features a grand-scale entertainment center, bookcases and occasional furniture that draw from the Impressionist painter's trips from the Normandy coast to retreats along the Mediterranean Sea.
The first collection, introduced in 2000, was inspired by Monet's famed home in Giverny, France.
"The new direction for the collection provides the design team with a rich palette of masterworks, landscapes and styles," said Tom Skipper, vice president of sales and marketing. "We are able to create truly unique designs that invite today's consumer to bring an Impressionistic touch of color, texture and casually elegant styling into their homes."
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Products will appear in a new home on the set.
Beginning with the April 22 episode, ABC's Sunday night hit series, Desperate Housewives, will feature 16 products from Norcross, Ga.-based Sterling Industries. Most of the products will decorate the home of a new character, Victor, who does not live on Wisteria Lane, but is in pursuit of Gabrielle, who does. However, a pair of Sterling's candlesticks will be going into Gabrielle's home.
After visiting Sterling's Los Angeles showroom a couple of months ago, a buyer for the show took a catalog back to the set designer who, according to Sterling showroom manager Andrea Dial, prefers to shop by catalog.
"The designer looked at every page, marking what she wanted and what 'room' it was to be used in," Dial said. "She then sent the buyer back to the showroom to place the order. Because the buyer saw the high quality of our merchandise in the showroom, she was able to help the set designer understand how beautiful the pieces would look on film."
A list of the products may be viewed on Sterling's Web site (mysterlinghome.com) along with details of a promotion in which a discount will be applied toward purchases of eight or more of the items on the Desperate Housewives product list.
Source: Home Accents Today
Marlon Brando's heirs are suing a Canadian furniture company after making the company an offer it refused.
The late actor's family has been trying for months to get Palliser Furniture Ltd. to stop marketing a line of plush home theater chairs dubbed the Brando without a licensing agreement.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, seeks unspecified damages but claims sales of the chair "exceed several million dollars on a worldwide basis."
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Lane Home Furnishings (IHFC C800) is introducing a new accent collection inspired by the photographs of North Carolina designer Christy Clark. Famous for her coastal images of North Carolina's Outer Banks, Clark's photographic work has expanded to include florals, nature scenes, animals, landscapes, the wild ponies of Corolla, architectural vignettes and studies in black and white.
Transitional in style, the collection offers design versatility with interchangeable panel insets of the photographer/designer's landscapes and natural images in mahogany-finished pieces exclusively designed by Clark for Lane. The collection includes occasional pieces and furniture with suggested retail of $199-$999 and will be available through Lane dealers nationwide beginning in October 2007.
Born and raised in Fayetteville, N.C., Clark studied marketing and management at Appalachian State University and studied international business and marketing in England. Christy Clark Inc. was founded in 2001 when the artist began selling copies of her work, later expanding into the design of furniture, canvas rugs, leather gifts, tile and accessories.
Here is an update on some of the new products on display at the High Point furniture show in North Carolina.
Classic American designs take center stage
* Inspired by the era of George Washington, early American design star-crosses the forefront of fashion.
* Blackened finishes, sophisticated shapes and traditional motifs lend the requisite elegant air
* Contemporary accents and dark, moody hues render the look relevant in any century>
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