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Barbara Barry Greets Market Visitors

Design superstar Barbara Barry greeted market visitors in her showroom during the High Point Market, April 17-22. Henredon is the licensee for the Barbara Barry Realized by Henredon collection of living, dining, bedroom and upholstered furniture. Also displayed in the Barbara Barry showroom were selections from the designer’s other home related products including rugs, china, lamps, home fragrances, trays, etc. Below are a few candid shots of Ms. Barry with representatives from the press.

 It was all smiles for the camera as Barbara Barry welcomed guests from Town & Country magazine. Left to right: Zoe Settle, Town & Country assistant editor, Barbara Barry, Anjali Virmani, Town & Country senior promotion manager, Doug Mandel, Town & Country southeast marketing representative.

 Barbara Barry gives representatives from House Beautiful a preview of her latest promotional materials. Left to right: Newell Turner, House Beautiful editor, Orli Ben-Dor, House Beautiful senior editor, Whitney Robinson, House Beautiful associate editor, and Barbara Barry. 

 Something interesting caught Newell Turner’s eye as Orli Ben-Dor and Barbara Barry look on.

 Barbara Barry (on right) explains her new finishing option to editors from Traditional Home.

 Katelyn Rader, Barbara Barry PR & Marketing Executive, (center), sits down with Traditional Home editors for a friendly chat about the new Barbara Barry introductions.

Meanwhile Back In The Henredon Showroom  

 Representatives from Coastal Living just couldn’t resist having their picture made in this Henredon shelter sofa. Left to right:  Marie McPhillips,  Coastal Living account manager, Sarah Latta,  Coastal Living assistant features editor, Nicole Hendrick, Coastal Living manager of Idea Home program. 

TO MARKET...TO MARKET...

Nothin’ could be finer than to be in Carolina...at the High Point, North Carolina, furniture market going on right now. For one week each fall and spring, thousands of furniture buyers, magazine editors, and designers descend upon this sleepy Southern town and turn it into a home furnishings mecca. In the city’s approximately twelve million square feet of showroom space, new upholstery, wood furniture, and accessory designs are unveiled. These introductions represent the latest home furnishings trends that will ultimately find their way all across America and abroad. In our next few blogs, we’ll be spotlighting some of the visitors to our showroom and giving you the scoop on what’s new from Henredon. 

 Our first market visitors were Jason Oliver Nixon and John Loecke from Niche Media. John couldn’t resist our new Leather Select wing chair. “It’s really comfortable,” he said, “and I love the back pillow.” Jason felt the chair would be terrific in a great room that had cathedral ceilings. “It’s a really dramatic silhouette,” he enthused. 

 The editors from Traditional Home magazine enjoy a relaxing moment in the Henredon lobby with Dan Bradley, Henredon president. 

 Ann Omvig Maine, editor in chief of Traditional Home, takes a few moments to pose with Dan Bradley, Henredon president. 

 Ann Omvig Maine, editor in chief of Traditional Home, (in black) congratulates Newell Turner, new editor in chief of House Beautiful. 

 Orli Ben-Dor, senior editor, House Beautiful, Newell Turner, editor in chief House Beautiful and Whitney Robinson, associate editor, House Beautiful admire a new Henredon sofa. 

 Editors from Elle Décor pause in their tour of the Henredon showroom for a quick photo with Henredon management team. Left to right: Parker Bowie, Elle Decor assistant market editor, Todd Sessa, Henredon vp merchandising/product development, Jeff Arthur, Henredon  vp sales and marketing, Margaret Russell, Elle Décor editor in chief, Dan Bradley, Henredon president. 

 Here are the Architectural Digest representatives posing in the new Osterley Manor showroom display area. Donna Jernigan, sales representative, Giulio Capua, vp publisher, Ruth Tooker, sales representative, William Pittel, advertising director.

Romancing Your Home With Windward Manor Chairs

 

If you liked what you saw in our blog on Windward Manor, you’ll love the romantic accent chairs we designed specially for this collection. Take the Bermuda chair, for instance, which is covered in an unusual homespun “grain sack” pattern. At one time, empty grain sacks were recycled for household purposes—but fear not. Our fabric is all new, even though its French inscription says it once held green lentils. 

A more familiar British Colonial hallmark is our Niche chair—a low slung “planter’s chair” style that’s amazingly comfortable. We first discovered these chairs in Natchez, Mississippi, when Henredon was collaborating with the Historic Natchez Foundation to produce a collection of furniture. Ron Miller, executive director emeritus of the foundation, tells us that southern gentlemen often napped in this chair during the hot afternoons—probably on the gallery or veranda. 
 (Pass the mint juleps, please.) Incidentally, the word “veranda” is taken from the Hindi and suggests the intense heat of India. Ron also told us that Thomas Jefferson had several of these chairs at Monticello, and that they were used both inside and out. We’ve updated the time-honored form with a leather kidney pillow and contemporized frame.   

 We couldn’t end without mentioning our very favorite “Stiletto” chair—also created for Windward Manor. It has several Victorian roots, like rolled arms and turned legs with ferrules. Even the headrest can be traced to Victoriana, but it looks more like a baker’s rolling pin to us. Unique accent chairs like these can give a room character and charm, while making fabulous fun out of furniture.

 

To see more of Windward Manor go to our website at www.henredon.com or contact us at 1,800.444.3682 to find a Windward Manor dealer in your area.