{{Short description|American furniture company}} {{promotional|date=November 2020}} thumb|right|Maine Cottage Furniture headquarters and company store in Yarmouth, Maine '''Maine Cottage''' is a privately held American furniture company specializing in high-end coastal cottage style furniture.<ref name=":5" /> Their product line includes painted solid wood, wicker and upholstered furniture. Customers can customize their furniture by selecting from exclusive paint colors and signature fabric patterns.<ref name=":5" /> Originally started in Yarmouth, Maine in the United States, the operation is operated out of Annapolis, Maryland.<ref name=":5" /> Their products ship worldwide, and are available online and through a direct mail catalog.
==History== The company was founded in 1988 by Peter Bass and artist Carol Bass.<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last=Dickson |first=Laurie E. |title=Artist Interiors: Creative Spaces, Inspired Living |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VuDs59kXErsC |access-date=25 December 2012 |year=2003 |publisher=Rockport Publishers |location=Gloucester, Mass. |isbn=9781564969521 |pages=136–141 |chapter=Colorful Maine Cottage |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VuDs59kXErsC&pg=PA136}}</ref> It was originally located in Yarmouth, Maine in a restored cannery<ref name=":5" /> on the Royal River. Bass is the great-grandson of Wilton, Maine shoe maker G.H. Bass.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Sleeper, Frank (1997), Farmington, Wilton, Kingfield, and Sugarloaf, Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738563961|last1=Sleeper|first1=Frank H.|date=September 1997}}</ref>
Maine Cottage was the first company to offer American Country, Early Shaker, and Mid Century Modern-inspired painted wood furniture in a multitude of original colors.<ref name=":5" /> The idea originated with artist Carol Bass painting and selling "found" pieces of cottage furniture.<ref name=":2" />
==Russell & Mackenna== * In 2011, Maine Cottage was in financial distress and faced foreclosure.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2011/07/08/russell-mackenna-furniture-marylands-cottage-industry/ |title=Russell & MacKenna Furniture: Maryland's cottage industry |last1=Hockman |first1=Dennis |date=July 8, 2011 |website=The Baltimore Sun |publisher=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=September 5, 2013}}</ref> Competitor Russell & Mackenna acquired the intellectual property of Maine Cottage, product lines were merged and the resulting company continued to run using the name Maine Cottage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressherald.com/news/furniture-company-in-maryland-rebuilding-maine-cottage-brand_2011-04-13.html |title=Furniture company in Maryland rebuilding Maine Cottage brand |last1=Bridgers |first1=Leslie |date=April 13, 2011 |website=www.pressherald.com |publisher=Press Herald |access-date=September 5, 2013}}</ref> thumb|right|The Maine Cottage Flagship Store located in Annapolis, MD.
==Sales outlets== Maine Cottage operates an e-commerce website. Along with the digital channel, the company produces a coffee table style catalog, its “Color Book.”<ref name=":5">{{cite web |url=http://www.annapolislifestyle.com/2013/04/29/where-color-lives/ |title=Maine Cottage - Where Color Lives |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=April 29, 2013 |website=www.annapolislifestyle.com |publisher=Annapolis Lifestyle |access-date=September 5, 2013}}</ref>
==Products== alt=Maine Cottage Dining Table and Chairs|thumb|Maine Cottage Inga Trestle Dining Table in Sprout with Maple Top. Judy Chairs in Natural Maple. Maine Cottage product lines include furniture, home decor accessories, signature fabrics, and exclusive paint colors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21871-2004Nov3.html |title=A Furniture Company In Maine Banks on A Well-Loved Look |last1=Rogers |first1=Patricia Dane |date= November 4, 2004|work=The Washington Post |access-date=September 5, 2013}}</ref> Their furniture lines include solid painted wood furniture, upholstered furniture, and wicker furniture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chesapeakehome.com/2012/02/09/a-story-of-color/ |title=A Story of Color |last1=McCausland |first1=Christianna |date=February 9, 2012 |website=www.chesapeakehome.com |publisher=Chesapeake Home |access-date=September 5, 2013}}</ref> Painted furniture is bench built to order.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2012/11/26/maine-cottage-coming-to-annapolis/ |title=Maine Cottage Coming to Annapolis |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=November 26, 2012 |website=www.eyeonannapolis.net |publisher=Eye On Annapolis |access-date=September 5, 2013}}</ref>
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