Colefax Group
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| Company type | Public limited company |
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| LSE: CFX | |
| Industry | Luxury fabric and wallpaper company |
| Founded | |
Area served | UK, USA and Europe |
Key people |
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| Revenue | £80.48 Million (2017) |
| £2.94 Million (2017) | |
| Website | www |
Colefax Group plc is a designer and distributor of furnishing fabrics and wallpaper, based in London, United Kingdom.
History[edit]
The business was founded in the 1930s by Sibyl, Lady Colefax (1874–1950). In 1938, she was joined in the business by John Fowler, and the business became known as Colefax & Fowler. In 1944, the business, managed by Fowler, took a lease on 39 Brook Street, Mayfair where it remained until December 2016. Also in 1944, Colefax sold the business to Nancy Tree (Nancy Lancaster as she became in 1948) for a sum in the order of £10,000.
The group now has offices in the United States, France, Germany and Italy. It owns the brands Colefax and Fowler, Cowtan and Tout, Jane Churchill, Larsen and Manuel Canovas.[1]