New Energy, New Eclecticism Featured at Ethan Allen Danbury Launch Event

Furniture World News Desk on 11/3/2013

 

Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari welcomes event guests. The New Eclecticism living room; Ethan Allen Design Center interior.


Ethan Allen reported that it recently unveiled its vision of “The New Eclecticism” at a champagne reception in its newly redesigned flagship Design Center in Danbury. Co-hosted by Connecticut Cottages & Gardens, the event brought together a crowd of more than 150 celebrated interior designers and local dignitaries, as well as long-time Ethan Allen clients and more than a few curious newcomers.

"The New Eclecticism reflects how people are living their lives today,” said Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari in his welcoming remarks. “They are dressing eclectically, they are eating eclectically, and most of all, they are decorating their homes eclectically.”

DJ Carey, Editorial Director of Cottages & Gardens, introduced the evening’s four VIP interior designers—Douglas Graneto, Patrick Mele, Lynn Morgan, and Christina Roughan—and then gave out clues to a scavenger hunt in which guests scrambled to locate each designer’s favorite piece. Several of those favorites were among Ethan Allen’s most iconic designs—an orange leather Rand wing chair, a Berkshire side chair in vibrant Kelly Green finish, and a Birkhouse display cabinet.

Throughout the evening, guests—among them Western Connecticut State University President James Schmotter and City of Danbury Director of Economic Development Bruce Tuomala—took in the colorful new eclectic designs on display and interacted with the new touchscreen technology throughout the Design Center.

“We are absolutely thrilled with the new products and the showroom’s new look,” said District Design Manager Trish Dimugno. “And we are just getting started,” added Mr. Kathwari.

About Ethan Allen: Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (NYSE:ETH) is a leading interior design company and manufacturer and retailer of quality home furnishings. The company offers free interior design service to its clients and sells a full range of furniture products and decorative accessories through ethanallen.com and a network of approximately 300 Design Centers in the United States and abroad. Ethan Allen owns and operates eight manufacturing facilities, including five manufacturing plants and one sawmill in the United States plus two plants in Mexico and Honduras. Approximately seventy percent of its products are made in its North American plants. For more information on Ethan Allen's products and services, visit ethanallen.com.