Both companies say they are committed to maintaining existing relationships with retailers like Whole Foods, Hallmark and Disney, as well as those that have been established with its artisan partners.
"One of the key new things in the store — even though we've always had Brooklyn-made products and things that conveyed Brooklyn imagery — is a very large space that honors established and emerging Brooklyn artisans and designers," said Sallie Stutz, vice director for merchandising.
Global Girlfriend This antique Sari clutch is produced and imported by Global Girlfriend, an organization established to help women artisans in developing countries support their families.
While sourcing locally made furniture and accessories, Pounian and Haws established relationships with Adirondack artisans and began to collect and sell their products at the neighboring shop Dartbrook Rustic Goods -- a terrific balsam-scented emporium.
The Daum company was active in the School of Nancy, an association of artists, artisans and manufacturers established in 1901 to promote the new international decorative style known as Art Nouveau.
The Huguenot refugees had arrived in the 1680s and established themselves as tradesmen and artisans, particularly in the silk trade; and the French Church was their first place of worship.
He was established in Paris as an artisan libre (i.e., a foreign craftsman who, by medieval rights of refuge, could work in privileged places) by 1777, the year in which he was married.
Ahluwalia has stocked the shop with unique goods from artisans both emerging and established, including his own fine jewelry.
One hundred and fifty years after John Milton established his evening clinic for the artisan classes who lived in fear of losing their jobs, his insight into the prejudice and bigotry suffered by victims of skin disease has been formally recognised.
World of Good Inc. had been established in 2004 to help connect small artisans around the world to major retailers.
