Adrian Pearsall
Founder, President and
Designer
Craft Associates Inc.
Thank you for
showing your interest in the life and designs of Adrian Pearsall, a leader in
early modern furniture design. Over the past few years, there has been renewed
interest in Adrian Pearsall's designs and on an almost daily basis we are
contacted about the origin of a piece of furniture that a consumer may own or
want to purchase. Adrian Pearsall was prolific with his designs and even at the
height of production, allowed for custom work, making it very difficult to
archive all of the interesting designs that were distributed throughout the
world. We have worked hard to catalog and identify as much as possible, all of
Adrian Pearsall's designs throughout his career. Just imagine taking fifty
years of work and trying to catalog it. This work is being done by the children
of Adrian Pearsall.
In order to protect you, the discriminating collector, we now certify the
authenticity of Adrian Pearsall and Craft Associates & Comfort Designs
furniture as a paid service. The fee we are charging for this service is used
for the legal protection of Adrian Pearsall’s designs and intellectual
property. This process will also protect the consumer and current owners
assuring you that you own authentic Adrian Pearsall designs. We encourage all
lovers of Adrian Pearsall designs to express your discontent to any and all
sellers who misrepresent their products as authentic or authorized in any way
as Adrian Pearsall / Craft Associates/Comfort Designs furniture designs.
The certification process is fairly simple. The Pearsall family has a full
catalog of Adrian Pearsall’s designs to reference. For a fee of $125.00, your
submission will be researched. If the item you submitted is in the catalog, we
will make a copy of the catalog sheet and email it to you along with a
signed and dated Certificate of Authenticity. If the item is not in the
catalog, we will not attribute it to another manufacturer or designer. We will
however, try to furnish copies of catalog sheets of similarly designed pieces
that may have led a person to think they have an Adrian Pearsall piece. In
addition, links will be provided to online videos, web casts and interviews
about Adrian Pearsall. Submissions that
are not authentic are charged $75.00. At least four photographs should be
submitted for each piece from underneath, above, front and back. We may need to
ask for additional photos. If you are considering purchasing a piece of
furniture, ask your dealer to provide certification. If they are honest and
legitimate, they should have no problem honoring your request. We will invoice
through PayPal after we have provided you with our report. Requests for
certification should be emailed to jpearsall1482@gmail.com
Inquires regarding this website may be
addressed to: jpearsall1482@gmail.com
Adrian
Pearsall Certification
Certification
is performed by Adrian “James” Pearsall, son of Adrian M. Pearsall (deceased)
and Doris K. Pearsall (deceased). Jim Pearsall was employed by Craft Associates
(founded and owned by Adrian Pearsall) beginning at age twelve, during his
summer vacation from school. Mr. Pearsall travelled extensively with his
parents to furniture markets throughout the United States, including New York
City, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, High Point, NC and Los Angeles. After
graduation from Cornell University and a career in the hospitality business,
Jim joined Comfort Designs Furniture (founded by John Graham and in partnership
with Adrian Pearsall) as their manufacturer’s representative for South Florida
and Bermuda. Mr. Pearsall has full access to complete sets of catalogs dating from
the first designs and manufactured in 1950 in the basement of his parent’s home
through the last pieces manufactured at Comfort Designs. Mr. Pearsall can be
relied upon to give an honest and accurate account of your furniture
submissions thought to be original Adrian Pearsall designs and confirm
authentication with photocopies taken from the existing catalogs. Valuation is
NOT part of this service. The ultimate goal of this service is to assist and
protect the collector from fraudulent representation of furniture, artwork and
intellectual property for sale by individuals, manufacturers, designers as well
as dealers who claim to sell furniture designed or inspired by Adrian Pearsall
or manufactured by his companies.
Fees
Submissions
that are found not to be authentic Adrian Pearsall designs will be charged a
fee of $75.00. When a submitted request for certification cannot be certified,
supporting evidence would include copies of photographs of an original Adrian
Pearsall design that most likely resembles the submitted photo(s).
Submissions that
can be successfully certified will be charged $150. This fee applies to
individual, unrelated items. For example, if you submit a photograph of a sofa
sectional and want to know if the cocktail table that you have is also
authentic, the fee is an additional $150.00 (or if it is determined that is not
authentic, $75.00).
Payment
Payment is expected
when service is rendered via delivery of the documents to a drop box account
provided by the service. Invoices are issued via PayPal and can be paid with a
variety of major credit cards via PayPal. Clients will be sent a link to the
drop box containing all of the related documents to your submission(s). Clients
are urged to download all documents to their own computers and print copies for
their own use. Drop box accounts will be deleted from our server after six
months have passed from initial delivery. Documents are not retrievable and
cannot be reprinted without recertification at current pricing.
Submission
Process
If you own
the furniture, please take photographs of the entire piece from the front, back,
sides and underneath. Close-up photographs are rarely useful, but if needed,
you will be contacted. If you are requesting a certification for you have seen
online, you may send us a link to that item, but understand that we may require
additional photographs. Please include your email address. Submit your
certification request to jpearsall1482@gmail.com.
Include the photographs and any other details that you think may be helpful in
determining the authenticity of the design. Feel free to divide your email into
several emails if your email server does not allow you email large files.