THE ROBERT ALLEN DURALEE GROUP, LLC
HAUPPAUGE, NY

Combining lasting designs with emerging innovative talent, Duralee is one of the interior design industry’s most exciting fabric brands.  The company began, aptly enough, when the country’s pulse quickened.  Returning from World War II, Lenny Silberman faced changing times.  The world was inching in a different direction, and by 1947 it was already evident to Silberman, as he walked the streets of New York, that the future “was what you made it,” he asserts.  Never subtle, Silberman answered an ad in   promising “a HUGE opportunity” as a textile shipping clerk for $35 a week, landed the job, and went to night school to expand his industry knowledge and learn the fine art of selling. Together with his two partners - Sig Rosenberger and Marshall Kutz - and seven other hands-on employees, Silberman launched Duralee in 1952 from an office smaller than most modern-day walk-in closets. As design centers opened in the 1970’s, Duralee knowingly entered in, and by 1991, the company was purveying fabrics to more than 40 countries.  Silberman spearheaded the expansion of Duralee into hospitality and contract markets in the 1990s, a division that his daughter, Amy Silberman-Benjamin, Senior Vice President, now heads.  Lee Silberman, a nephew, assumed the role Executive Vice President, and currently leads the export division, expanding the brand’s presence worldwide. Marty Rosenberger, son of founding partner Sig, has been with the firm for over 40 years and now holds the title of President.  In creating core values of value-driven ingenuity and cutting-edge products while maintaining personalized customer service not often offered by competitors, Duralee has become a household name in the world of interiors.  The Duralee product line maintains a captivating persona that is constantly evolving.  With the establishment of its own design studio in New York’s Chelsea district, Duralee has grown to include proprietary patterns with a fresh and fun, yet chic design aesthetic, and in 1999, trimmings were introduced as a complement to the expanding fabric collections. Recognizing the talents of their design clientele, Duralee has aligned themselves with budding and established designers to create a series of licensed collections.  When choosing to work with a designer, they do so not necessarily for their name, but for their ability to reinforce the Duralee design style with fabrics that are punctuated with their individuality.  The Duralee Designers range from the bold Thomas Paul and expressive Eileen Kathryn Boyd to the fresh traditional designs of Tilton Fenwick and the exotic aesthetic of John Robshaw -- who also holds the distinction of the company’s first licensed furniture collaboration. The continued success of Highland Court has since led to the growth of additional product offerings for the high end spectrum. With the purchase of B. Berger in 2012, Duralee acquired the archives for Bailey & Griffin. The company has since revived the brand with a series of collections featuring Bailey & Griffin’s signature hand-screened prints and rich, traditionally-styled wovens. Further distinguishing the value of luxury, the DF Monogram brand umbrella was born in 2015. DF Monogram offers designers a destination and designation for high-end product lines that traverse all design styles. Represented under the DF Monogram canopy are