verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message the pottery barn store in beverly hills california pottery barn is a united states based upscale home furnishing store chain with retail stores in the united states canada puerto rico the philippines mexico and australia . pottery barn is a wholly owned subsidiary of williams sonoma inc. . the company is headquartered in san francisco california . pottery barn also operates several specialty stores under the titles pottery barn kids and pbteen . pottery barn has two retail catalogues the traditional pottery barn catalogue and pottery barn bed bath to focus only on its bed and bath lines . contents 1 history 2 pbteen 3 in popular culture 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the pottery barn was co founded in 1949 by paul secon and his brother morris in west chelsea manhattan . they built their chain up to seven stores . paul sold his share in 1966 and morris sold his to two outside partners in 1968 . 1 it was bought by the gap in 1983 and then by williams sonoma in september 1986 . its mail order catalog was first published in 1987 . 2 pbteen edit pbteen is the first home retailer to focus on teenagers in the 13 19 age range . it was launched in 2003 . the first pb teen store opened in georgia in 2009 as well as in new york city and chicago . the store now has a sub brand pb dorm aimed at young people starting college life . citation needed in popular culture edit pottery barn is referenced a number of times in the us tv show friends for example when rachel buys furniture for phoebe s house which she is staying in at the time and claims that it s all authenticly old furniture it s actually all from pottery barn . another example is in tv show seinfeld kramer talks with jerry about how he is receiving too many catalogs from pottery barn . he saves the collected catalogs takes them and throws them into the store . also sheldon cooper references it often in the show the big bang theory . see also edit williams sonoma inc. pottery barn rule references edit dennis hevesi paul secon 91 who helped found pottery barn chain dies new york times march 8 2007 pottery barn about us 1 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to pottery barn . pottery barn s official site v t e williams sonoma chuck williams founder laura j. alber ceo hold everything pottery barn pottery barn kids pbteen rejuvenation west elm williams sonoma v t e gap inc. brands gap banana republic old navy athleta people donald fisher doris f. fisher robert j. fisher william s. fisher john j. fisher art peck ceo jeff kirwin president gap sonia syngal president old navy andi owen president banana republic discontinued and former brands forth & towne gap warehouse brands hemisphere piperlime pottery barn sold to williams sonoma supergap tagg s you & you retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pottery barn & oldid 742084332 categories retail companies of the united statesretail companies established in 1949home decor retailersfurniture retailers of the united statesretail companies based in californiawilliams sonomahidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2013all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2013commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran aisitalianoportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 16 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view