Primavera

Sectors:

  • Distribution - retailing Domestic ceramic & glass products retailing
  • Distribution - retailing Furniture, carpets, home furnishings, etc, retailing
  • Distribution - retailing Jewellery, silverware & similar luxury goods retailing

Notes:

Established by Henry W Rothschild, b1913, an emigre from Germany, who in 1946 opened a shop in Sloane Street to sell good quality design products by leading individual producers of furniture, textiles, glass and especially ceramics. Commissioned designs. Emerged as a leading retailer of such craft goods. Supplied to individuals, businesses, colleges, schools, etc. To facilitate the latter opened a Cambridge branch, 1959-80, and established Primavera (Contracts) Ltd. Cambridge branch developed in a commercial art gallery. London branch closed 1970

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