MOSCOW, Russia — Galleria Arben represents the high end range of window and upholstery fabrics and is a sister company to Arben Textiles and Flandria.

Elvira Smirnova is the director of Galleria Arben. “Our major suppliers include Bru, P/Kaufmann, Vanelli and J. Queen. We do not work with Chinese suppliers.”

The three sisters do about $120 million worth of business a year and is at the top of the Russian wholesaler sales volume list. Other major suppliers to the Russian furniture fabric trade include Instroy, Soyuz-M, Ametyst, Egida, FIT, Klean & Bros. and Leathertouch. Elvira Smirnova, director Galleria Arben

In terms of decorative fabric wholesalers in Russia today, Galleria Arben, Decolux, Fifth Avenue and Rosstyle and Decocity are on the list. Goldtextil is the Vanelli distributor in Russia and is Turkish owned.

Galleria Arben has seven showrooms in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakstan and Belorussia. Its main Moscow showroom is housed at MOD, a designer showroom building developed by Archie Tchernov that will soon house a full service restaurant overlooking the U.S. Embassy. Tchernov is one of the principals of the wholesale companies.

Galleria Arben carries sheers to upholstery and features editeur brands like KOBE, Clark & Clark and  Fischbacher. “We have 150 collections and exclusive pieces with one-two rolls each—our VIP Collection,” Smirnova said.