Colefax Group plc is a designer and distributor of furnishing fabrics and

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, based in

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, United Kingdom.

History

The business was founded in the 1930s by

Sibyl, Lady Colefax Sibyl Sophie Julia, Lady Colefax (''née'' Halsey; 1874 – 22 September 1950) was an English interior decorator and socialite in the first half of the twentieth century. Biography Colefax was born at Wimbledon, third but only surviving daughte ...

(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,

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where it remained until December 2016. Also in 1944, Colefax sold the business to Nancy Tree (

Nancy Lancaster Nancy Lancaster (10 September 1897 – 19 August 1994) was a 20th-century tastemaker and the owner of Colefax & Fowler, an influential British decorating firm that codified what is known as the English country house look. Biography She wa ...

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.Investor relations website
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