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Maine Cottage is a privately held American furniture company specializing in high end coastal cottage style furniture.〔 Their product line includes painted solid wood, wicker, and upholstered furniture. Customers can customize their furniture by selecting from exclusive paint colors and signature fabric patterns.〔 Started in Yarmouth, Maine in the United States, the operation is now fully run and operated out of Annapolis, Maryland.〔 Their products ship worldwide, and are available through their Annapolis retail store, online, or through their catalog. ==History== The company was founded in 1988 by Peter Bass and artist Carol Bass. It was originally located in Yarmouth, Maine in a restored cannery〔 on the Royal River. Bass is the great grandson of Wilton, Maine shoe maker G.H. Bass. Maine Cottage was the first company to offer American Country, Early Shaker, and Mid Century Modern-inspired painted wood furniture in a multitude of original colors.〔 The idea originated with artist Carol Bass painting and selling "found" pieces of cottage furniture.〔 The company then began to design furniture and paint its own custom pieces. Maine Cottage expanded their product line with the introduction of their textile line in 2000, producing colorful whimsical patterns for use on their nostalgic upholstery and wicker furniture lines. * In 2001, as Maine Cottage was continuing expansion efforts a competing furniture company called Russell & Mackenna was launched. Russell & Mackenna got its start after Lauren and Kevin Russell began designing and building furniture in their Severna Park, Maryland garage. Lauren's father, Larry Strassner, was recruited in 2004 to help with financial and operational aspects of the business freeing Lauren to focus on designing for and marketing the company. When Russell & Mackenna outgrew their garage manufacturing, they employed artisan furniture builders in Delaware to continue the bench-built, made-to-order method of production.〔 When their signature piece, the High Tide Hall Table, was featured in Coastal Living Magazine the brand gained a loyal following nationwide.〔 * In 2006, Russell & Mackenna launched an upholstered furniture line adding a playful element to their painted furniture collection with bright colors and cheerful prints. * By 2009, under Strassner's leadership, Russell & Mackenna was a multimillion dollar business. Designs were sold direct-to-consumer and specified by members of the trade in coastal inspired homes around the country. * In 2011, Maine Cottage was in financial distress and faced foreclosure. Russell & Mackenna acted quickly and acquired the intellectual property of their competitor, Maine Cottage. Product lines were merged and the resulting company continued to run operations as Maine Cottage. During 2011, the new owners of Maine Cottage launched a new website, catalog, and a Flagship Store at the new company headquarters in Annapolis, MD.〔 Today, Maine Cottage has grown into a multichannel national brand for painted furniture, textile design, upholstered and wicker furniture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maine Cottage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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