I've had this post bouncing around in my head ever since I got the last catalogue. I'm so conflicted. I get it, there are mass marketers, but geez. I felt the same way with Restoration and the Spitzmiller lamps.
you know, just like with hallmark, p.b. has made some artisans really mad by doing exactly this. there's a guy in north beach (sf) who has a sign asking that pottery barn employees not come into his store.
years ago, he found a lot of porcelain letters at an auction. a few months later, pb produced their 'own' resin version of the same thing. he remembered when the scouts came in, they asked to take photos and he unwittingly allowed it.
the unfortunate thing is that the, pb, ikat isn't done very well. terrible, saturated colors. too graphic.
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years ago, he found a lot of porcelain letters at an auction. a few months later, pb produced their 'own' resin version of the same thing. he remembered when the scouts came in, they asked to take photos and he unwittingly allowed it.
the unfortunate thing is that the, pb, ikat isn't done very well. terrible, saturated colors. too graphic.
dumbed down.