Pottery Barn

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Pottery Barn
The Gap (1984–1986)
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (1986–present)
Websitewww.potterybarn.com

Pottery Barn is an American upscale

home furnishing store chain and e-commerce company,[2] with retail stores in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia. Pottery Barn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Pottery Barn also operates several specialty stores such as Pottery Barn Kids and Pottery Barn Teen. It has three retail catalogues: the traditional Pottery Barn catalogue; Pottery Barn Bed + Bath to focus on its bed and bath lines; and one for outdoor furniture.[3]

Early history

The Pottery Barn was co-founded in 1949 by

The Gap
in 1984.

The company was acquired by Williams-Sonoma, Inc. in 1986.

mail-order catalog was first published in 1987. In 1999, the company introduced Pottery Barn Kids as a premium children's home furnishing and accessories brand.[9] By 2000, the company had launched an e-commerce site for quick ordering process.[10]

Pottery Barn Teen, the first home retailer to focus on teenagers, was launched in 2003. The first Pottery Barn Teen store opened in Georgia in 2009, as well as in New York City and Chicago. The store has a sub-brand Pottery Barn Dorm for young people starting college life.[11]

Later history

The Pottery Barn store in Beverly Hills, California
Pottery Barn in Calgary

In 2017, the company introduced an augmented reality app for iOS that allowed users to virtually place Pottery Barn products into a room and save room design ideas.[12] It also announced PB Apartment, a small-space furnishings line, for millennials.[13]

In 2018, Pottery Barn Kids partnered with

Aquafil on the Spring 2020 collection "Watercolor Dots" rug, which uses regenerated nylon made from waste gathered in the ocean and other bodies of water.[15]

Barn of Pottery

In popular culture

Pottery Barn is referenced a number of times in

Friends. For instance, when Rachel buys furniture for Phoebe's apartment (which she is staying in at the time), and claims it's all authentically old furniture, rather than being from Pottery Barn.[16]

Another example is in Seinfeld, Kramer talks with Jerry about how he is receiving too many catalogs from Pottery Barn. He saves the collected catalogs, takes them, and throws them into the store.[17]

Sheldon Cooper references it often in The Big Bang Theory. 

A Pottery Barn retail store is seen situated next to Felix Unger's Manhattan F.U. Enterprises office/studio in The Odd Couple's first season in 1970.[18]

Pottery Barn is referenced in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, as a location where the title character works. He informs another character that he can get her and her family a discount in "overpriced home décor."[19]

In the

Eric Matthews, Corey's older brother, then under social pressure, tells his girlfriend, Christie, that he loves her as well. This leads Christie to take Eric on a trip to Pottery Barn, which Eric laments. While at Pottery Barn, Eric and Christie buy a ceramic cat and napkin holders.[20][21]

The brand's "Found" collection sells vintage items from around the world.

Fantastic Beasts, and Friends.[23]

References

  1. ^ Garcia, Tonya (March 17, 2017). "Pottery Barn downsizes to attract younger customers living in small spaces".
  2. ^ "West Elm, Pottery Barn drive Williams-Sonoma's strong revenue growth in Q3". Furniture Today. November 22, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  3. ISSN 0099-9660
    . Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Miller, Stephen. "Paul Secon, 91, Founded Pottery Barn". The Sun. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  5. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "Pottery Barn". Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 1986.
  7. ^ "Williams-Sonoma Acquires Pottery Barn" (M&A Deal Summary). Mergr. September 1, 1986.
  8. ^ Post, Sarah Halzack | The Washington (May 28, 2017). "Pottery Barn's big problem: Your tiny apartment".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^
    ISSN 0140-0460
    . Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "Pottery Barn Builds Its Online Home". DMNews.com. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  11. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  12. ^ "Williams-Sonoma launches AR iOS app for Pottery Barn - Retail Business Review". www.retail-business-review.com. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  13. ^ Keller, Hadley. "A Smart Furniture Line for Apartment Dwellers". Architectural Digest. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  14. ^ "Pottery Barn Kids bringing wholesale business to the UK". Retail Dive. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  15. ^ "Pottery Barn Teen, Aquafil partner for a new sustainable rug". Furniture Today. December 30, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  16. ^ Bright, Kevin (January 6, 2000), The One with the Apothecary Table, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, retrieved December 8, 2017
  17. ^ Pomorski, Chris (August 12, 2014). "Junk Mail? The Pros and Cons of Restoration Hardware's 17-Pound Catalog". Observer. In revenge, he throws his catalogs at the doorstep of a Manhattan Pottery Barn.
  18. ^ "The Odd Couple" Oscar, the Model (TV Episode 1970), retrieved December 8, 2017
  19. ^ Kearse, Kerri (October 8, 2019). "The Real-Life Story That Inspired Dear Evan Hansen, What Will Change in the London Run, and More From New York Comic Con". Playbill. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  20. ^ "Disney+ | Video Player". www.disneyplus.com. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  21. ^ What I Meant to Say, retrieved July 28, 2020
  22. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  23. ^ Plante, Stephie Grob (July 12, 2019). "Pottery Barn is releasing a Friends collection for the show's 25th anniversary". Vox. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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