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4/29/05,
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Terra
Furniture
Expands
Its
Licensed
Mount
Vernon
Line
City
of
Industry,
CA
-
Terra
Furniture
continues
to
bring
America's
historic
past
to
the
present,
creating
outdoor
furniture
for
the
21st
Century
as
it
expands
its
licensed
Mount
Vernon
line.
In
addition
to
the
Mount
Vernon
Oval
Dining
Table
and
Dining
Arm
Chairs
that
debuted
last
fall,
Terra
offers
a
Dining
Side
Chair,
a
Club
Chair,
a
Garden
Bench,
a
25-inch
Round
Occasional
Table
and
a
48-inch
Round
Dining
Table.
Produced
under
an
exclusive
licensing
agreement
with
the
Mount
Vernon
Ladies
Association,
caretakers
of
Mount
Vernon,
the
home
of
George
and
Martha
Washington,
these
new
furnishings
are
also
inspired
by
furniture
used
in
the
Washington
estate's
Small
Dining
Room.
The
Mount
Vernon
line,
constructed
of
cast
and
extruded
aluminum,
is
available
in
20
designer
finishes.
A
new
custom
fabric
called
"Martha's
Garden"
-
available
in
beige
on
off-white
tapestry
and
terra
cotta
on
off-white
tapestry
-
is
inspired
by
the
interior
wallpaper
lining
of
a
trunk
found
at
Mount
Vernon
(and
thought
to
have
been
used
by
a
vice
regent
of
the
Mount
Vernon
Ladies'
Association
visiting
the
estate
from
Tennessee).
The
fabric
is
just
one
of
many
colors
and
patterns
made
of
Sunbrella
yarns
that
are
available.
The
Mount
Vernon
Bench
seats
three
adults
comfortably
on
its
64-inch
seat.
It
features
the
distinctive
ladder-back
ribbon
design
seen
in
Terra's
Mount
Vernon
Dining
Chairs.
The
25-Inch
Round
Occasional
Table
is
a
perfect
accompaniment
to
the
Mount
Vernon
Bench
or
Club
Chair.
The
Occasional
Table,
as
well
as
a
new
48-Inch
Round
Dining
Table,
feature
the
same
design
that
inspired
Terra's
Mount
Vernon
Oval
Dining
Table
-
the
elliptical
bull's-eye
window
of
the
third-floor
china
closet
at
the
Washington
mansion
-
and
the
table
top
sparkles
with
cast
aluminum
window
panes,
topped
by
glistening
tempered
glass.
The
provenance
of
the
chairs
seen
today
by
visitors
to
Mount
Vernon's
Small
Dining
Room
has
been
confirmed
by
letters
written
by
George
Washington.
Washington
asked
Robert
Morris,
the
Superintendent
of
Finance,
to
provide
$1,500
to
Mrs.
Washington,
so
"she
should
procure
at
Philadelphia
some
Articles
of
Furniture
.
.
.
for
my
House
in
Virginia."
The
chairs
arrived
at
Mount
Vernon
by
boat
early
in
1784.
Five
of
a
numbered
set
of
Philadelphia
ladder-back
chairs
of
the
1780s
are
in
the
Small
Dining
Room
at
Mount
Vernon
today
and
are
undoubtedly
part
of
this
shipment.
"We
are
so
pleased
with
our
partnership
with
Terra,"
noted
Beverly
Addington,
licensing
director
at
Mount
Vernon.
"George
Washington
had
a
deep
love
and
enthusiasm
for
gardening
and
landscape
design,
so
a
garden
furniture
collection
is
a
natural
for
Mount
Vernon."
For
more
information
about
Terra
Furniture,
call
626/912-8523
or
visit
www.terrafurniture.com.
To
learn
more
about
Mount
Vernon,
please
contact
Emily
Coleman
at
703-799-8607
or
ecoleman@mountvernon.org.
or
visit
our
web
site
www.mountvernon.org. |