The Chatsworth Collection acquired by American Stationery Retail
Saturday, July 18th, 2009In a letter to their dealers dated July 10, The Chatsworth Collection announced that it had been acquired by American Stationery Retail. American Stationery Retail is located in Peru, Indiana and has been making fine stationery since 1919.
Chatsworth, known for their eclectic and trendy stationery and invitation collections of Robin McGuire, Frederick Beck, Gene Bliley and Blue Mug will now be consolidated into American Stationery Retail’s family of companies which includes Rytex and Inkwell, the personalized division of Inviting Company.
While it is difficult to imagine California’s Robin McGuire going entirely Hoosier, it is clearly a sign of the times that leading stationery design firms are having to seek the comfort of mass-merchandisers to survive. According to the communique, several of the personalized albums will be consolidated. As a dealer, we are hopeful that the integrity of Chatsworth’s great designs will survive the acquisition.