Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The co-founder of Laura Ashley has died in Wales, age 82. Bernard Ashley co-founded the design company named after his wife and opened the first shop in Machynlleth in Wales. When Laura died in 1985, there were 220 shops in 12 countries but at its peak, there were 500 retail stores worldwide.
He set up the new and unique fabric design company, Elanbach, combining digital printing technology for printing the fabrics with exclusively internal design by only four designers (himself, Regine Burnell (his wife), Emma Shuckburg (his daughter), and Tom Parr). The designs and fabrics are available online through a well-designed website as well as in Wales, in Paris and at Charles Spada Interiors in the One Design Centre Place in Boston. They apparently pride themselves on high-level customer service. Hmm, wouldn't new curtains and pillows be nice . . . .
Laura & Bernard Ashley
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The co-founder of Laura Ashley has died in Wales, age 82. Bernard Ashley co-founded the design company named after his wife and opened the first shop in Machynlleth in Wales. When Laura died in 1985, there were 220 shops in 12 countries but at its peak, there were 500 retail stores worldwide.He set up the new and unique fabric design company, Elanbach, combining digital printing technology for printing the fabrics with exclusively internal design by only four designers (himself, Regine Burnell (his wife), Emma Shuckburg (his daughter), and Tom Parr). The designs and fabrics are available online through a well-designed website as well as in Wales, in Paris and at Charles Spada Interiors in the One Design Centre Place in Boston. They apparently pride themselves on high-level customer service. Hmm, wouldn't new curtains and pillows be nice . . . .
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