The company was founded in 1886 by David Rothschild as a wholesale
dry goods and notions business in Columbus, Georgia, with his brother
Gerson as an associate. The sales force reached its customers in small
town stores by traveling dirt roads, using horses and carts. David's
three sons, Irwin, Maurice and Jac continued and re-invented the
company, meeting the challenge of evolving conditions by changing the
company into a contract weaver of popularly priced upholstery fabrics.
Before World War II, the company bought Cherokee Mills at Acworth,
Georgia and for 40 years wove its own tapestries, brocades, and
needlepoints there prior to selling that mill in 1980.
The family tradition continued into the third generation. After
serving in World War II, Irwin's sons Norman, David II, and Irwin, Jr.
and Jac's son Benno joined the business and opened sales offices and
warehouses across the country. David II bought the company in 1980, and
two of his sons, David III and Walter, came into the business. Today the
company designs and weaves all of its upholstery fabrics at its mill in
Reidsville, North Carolina. David II, recently deceased, was Chairman of the Board,
Walter is President and in charge of the mill in North Carolina, and David
III manages the Decorative Fabrics Outlet Store in Columbus.. Other current officers,
all in the Columbus office, are Bob McVay, Vice-President, Administration; Mindy Barr, Corporate Secretary; Patricia Pate,
Assistant Treasurer.
The family tradition continued into the third generation. After
serving in World War II, Irwin's sons Norman, David II, and Irwin, Jr.
and Jac's son Benno joined the business and opened sales offices and
warehouses across the country. David II bought the company in 1980, and
two of his sons, David III and Walter, came into the business. Today the
company designs and weaves all of its upholstery fabrics at its mill in
Reidsville, North Carolina. David II, recently deceased, was Chairman of the Board,
Walter is President and in charge of the mill in North Carolina, and David
III manages the Decorative Fabrics Outlet Store in Columbus.. Other current officers,
all in the Columbus office, are Bob McVay, Vice-President, Administration; Mindy Barr, Corporate Secretary; Patricia Pate,
Assistant Treasurer.