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Emily Rubin Persons created J. Fleet Designs in 1995 after living and traveling in Asia for six years. While there, she fell in love with the beautiful Vietnamese lacquerware products.  She was captivated by this amazing, ancient handicraft that the local people were still producting using the same artisan techniques that their ancestors had used for centuries.

What sets J. Fleet Designs apart fom other Asian lacquerware producers is their ability to create luxurious colors and contemporary designs through painstaking attention to detail.  The process is all done by hand.  Each piece has 15-20 coats of lacquer and is created through 100 days of patience and hard work by talented, dedicated artists.  Emily is committed to remaining true to the art and history of lacquer.  Since lacquer is a natural product, only colors found in nature truly work well. The colors and designs are made by layering foils and hand-mixed lacquer colors. The rich variations in color and texture that occur make each peice uniquely beautiful and a treasure to own.

Before starting J. Fleet, Emily worked for many different companies from an umbrella manufacturer to fur coat retail to Avon Products to golf shirt manufacturing to outdoor furniture showroom all of which were the perfect training for running her own business. In total, she has 26 years of experience in the areas of giftware, home accessories and entrepreneurship. She loves the creativity of lacquerware design and managing J. Fleet Designs while raising her three active boys.

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