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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Papasan Chair
The original CEO of Pier 1 Imports was a Vietnam War veteran. While on an all day hump, he came upon a village where the elders were sitting on some very unique chairs. He purchased one of these chairs and immediately shipped it home, out of Pier 1 in Ho Chi Minh City. It would be the first product sold at Pier 1, the Papasan chair, named for the village elder.
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I heard it somewhere,
Papasan Chair,
Pier 1 Imports
Queens, New York
Thursday, February 4, 2010
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