James and Ilona Sublett are moving their long-standing furniture store, Manderley Manor, down Mount Pleasant Rd. to a 4,800 square foot double store. They will be at 543 and 545 Mount Pleasant, beside the Regent Theatre just north of Belsize Drive. Manderley Manor is known for its dealership status with Stickley Furniture, a classic brand of quality American-made furnishings. Stickley is an amazing story by itself. Created in upstate New York by Gustav Stickley more than century ago, it still makes its Oak, Cherry and fine wood pieces there. The Subletts have been established on Mount Pleasant for 25 years and quality furniture has been their passion the whole time. If you think the name of their store is familiar, check Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic romance Rebecca.
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again… I came upon it suddenly; the approach masked by the unnatural growth of a vast shrub that spread in all directions… There was Manderley, our Manderley, secretive and silent as it had always been, the gray stone shining in the moonlight of my dream, the mullioned windows reflecting the green lawns and terrace. Time could not wreck the perfect symmetry of those walls, nor the site itself, a jewel in the hollow of a hand.
