HICKORY, N.C. – Century Furnishings and Maitland-Smith father or mother firm Rock Home Farm has entered into an settlement to accumulate the case items designs from Marge Carson, which lately introduced its plans to maneuver away from Asian-sourced case items collections and give attention to its North American sourced upholstery line.
The corporate didn’t reveal a purchase order worth for the “Design Library (IP) of the case items traces.” Nevertheless, it stated it is just buying the designs themselves and no different a part of the Marge Carson enterprise, backlog, model or distribution.
It additionally stated it plans to reintroduce among the designs below the Century and Maitland-Smith manufacturers, with Maitland-Smith transport the primary curated grouping of designs by mid-fall of this yr. The businesses will reintroduce further designs at subsequent markets.
“Through the years, Marge Carson and Jim LaBarge created an expansive and iconic library of wooden merchandise designs, lots of which stay related in the present day,” stated Alex Shuford III, CEO of the Rock Home Farm Household of Manufacturers, which additionally contains Hickory Chair, Hancock & Moore, Highland Home, Pearson, Cabot Wrenn and Jessica Charles. “We’re excited by the prospect of re-introducing a few of these stunning