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At Maitland-Smith, we are busy preparing our High Point showroom for the Fall International Home Furnishings Market. This occasion marks the world’s largest home furnishings event and greatly influences what you see in retail stores months later.
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Twice a year, exhibitors, buyers and trend experts from around the world participate in this dynamic, interactive week-long marketplace where the newest furniture and accessory collections are showcased. Needless to say, we put our best foot forward at this premier event – to demonstrate the quality, innovation, craftsmanship and customer-focused detail we infuse into each and every Maitland-Smith furnishing and accessory. |
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| product spotlight |
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| Silver-plated Brass and Penshell Turtle |
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Hand crafted in silver plated brass and inlaid penshell, this Maitland-Smith accessory is a proprietary design. This highly detailed brass figure of a sea turtle is cast using the age old technique of lost wax casting. |
Under close inspection each scale on the turtle’s head, legs and tail is faithfully realized. The lifelike pose and attitude is the work of one of our skilled sculptors.
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| Multi Colored Shell Inlaid Wooden Box with Antique Brass Accents |
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The simple geometric form of a box is transformed into a beautiful home furnishing by hand inlaying the surfaces with seashells. Inspired by the hard edged geometric designs of the Art Deco period, the pattern is composed of a variety of non-endangered species. The list of hand cut and inlaid shells includes ecru and white mother of pearl, violet and white oyster shell, brown and black lipshell and young penshell. |
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This functional accessory has a brass handle and a brass support base with brass feet.
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| Assorted Natural Shell Inlay Round Mirror Frame |
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The visual appeal of specimen tropical seashells provides the allure of this large shell encrusted round mirror frame. The handsome frame is crafted in our own workrooms by artisans who select each shell according to our designer’s specifications.
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| curator's chronicles |
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Exotic Shell Inlay:
A Long History of
Gifts from the Sea |
BY HOWARD SHATTUCK
Today, open any interior decorating magazine and in at least one featured home, you are sure to see beautiful seashells decorating gracious rooms both near to and far from ocean shores.
Decorators are enhancing mantles with intricate corals, putting conchs to work as eye-catching bookends, arranging florals in grand oyster shells and cascading piles of multi-shaded varieties in containers to serve as distinctive centerpieces.
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| trend watch |
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Design for Dining:
Elegance Meets Comfort |
 In the past, some childhood memories
have been unkind to dining rooms. Recollections of stiff, hard-backed chairs, starched, rough linens, uncomfortable attire and prim conversation may give one of the most delightful areas of the home a “required but not desired” reputation. What a travesty!
Such impressions are a disservice to one of the finest assets a welcoming home has to offer – the opportunity to entertain with warm hospitality and create lasting memories of a special day or evening together.
Like many touted restaurants, your dining room can make a memorable statement by combining elegance with intimacy and comfort.
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