Profiles & People

BRADFORD, U.K.-- Rob Surtees has been named U.K. sales director for both Prestigious Textiles and Styleline Blinds (SLX). Surtees replaces Graham Bateman, who held this position since 2003. Bateman died in an accident last August. Surtees joined Prestigious in January... Read more.

March 23, 2020

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Leon Anthony Marsha Jr. died on March 13 after a brief illness. In 1953, after returning from Korea, he joined the family textile business, L. A. Marsha Co. Inc. founded in 1929. The company was located in... Read more.

March 19, 2020

GREENWICH, Conn. --Gerald W. Puschel, former chairman of F. Schumacher & Co., a major fabric, wallcovering, and rug wholesaler, died at his home here on February 28 from complications of Progressive Supra Nuclear Palsy (PSP), a rare brain disorder. A... Read more.

March 5, 2020

NEW YORK—Lynn E. Haude, a well-known decorative and upholstery fabrics designer whose work was recently on display at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum here, died Dec. 19, 2019. She was 76. Lynn Haude was known for her creativity and kindness.Â... Read more.

February 27, 2020

NEW YORK—Leslie Beech has been named vice president of contract sales for Zimmer + Rohde (Z+R) in the U.S., in the Stamford, Connecticut office, as of Jan. 1, 2020. This is a new position and a new market for Z+R,... Read more.

February 24, 2020

FRANKFURT—Sam Rayess has joined Morgan Fabrics Corp., the Los Angeles-based converter, as an international sales director. For the past two years, Rayess held a similar post at Z-Wovens, the U.S. branch of the Chinese mill Zhongwang, which is based in... Read more.

February 10, 2020

MEXICO CITY--Antonio Casanueva, a well-known textiles agent, died January 12 at his home here. He was 81. Eleanora and Antonio Casanueva in a submitted photo. According to his daughter, Fabiola, his greatest passions were dogs, bullfighting, and textiles. In 1988,... Read more.

January 30, 2020