Cosulich Interiors to close New York Design Center showroom

NEW YORK – Cosulich Interiors is closing its Manhattan showroom and transitioning to an online-only mannequin because it returns to Europe to work immediately from there, the corporate introduced in an electronic mail this week.

The corporate, which was established in Italy in 1982 and has been in the US for 40 years, operates a showroom within the New York Design Center at 200 Lexington Avenue, the place it provides 20^th century Italian artwork items and exclusive Venetian Murano glass pieces, in addition to lighting in lots of varieties: lamps, pendants and chandeliers. The corporate additionally has a base in Italy, the place it fulfills requests for European initiatives on-site.

The corporate opted to not renew its lease at 200 Lex, which expires in January, Managing Director Fabienne Cosulich informed Residence Accents Immediately. “One other 5 years can be too lengthy for us,” she stated. “Secondly, we import every thing from Italy, and it will be simpler to observe manufacturing and logistics from over there.”

Its 2,000 square-foot showroom on the New York Design Middle, which opened in 2017, provides a customizable assortment of Murano glass lighting in addition to furnishings, mirrors and ornamental objects. “We felt it was our mission to maintain Italian craftsmanship,” Cosulich stated. Cosulich Interiors additionally sells antiques and classic items.

The corporate was based by Franco Cosulich, who as a baby lived in Italy, Ethiopia, Brazil and Argentina. He opened an antiques retailer in Arezzo, Italy, and exhibited all through the U.Ok. earlier than opening an Italian design gallery in Chicago in 2003. It arrived in New York in 2006 with a retailer on East 60^th Road that later shuttered throughout COVID.

Fabienne Cosulich serves as managing director for the corporate and her daughter, Sara Bonacina, serves as director of gross sales.

The corporate is at the moment holding a forty five% off sale on every thing within the showroom. “It’s the first-ever sale in additional than 40 years,” Cosulich stated. “We’ve been very profitable and by no means had the necessity for a sale. .. We hope to promote every thing earlier than we transfer again to Italy.”

The sale will run till the tip of the yr and it’ll proceed so as to add merchandise to its web site.

It is going to additionally maintain an Open Home throughout What’s New, What’s Next 2025, which will probably be held on the New York Design Middle subsequent week.