About Us

Introduction

Chichester was started in 1992 by Paul Crosby as a part-time hobby business exporting Native American arts and crafts from Canada to the United States.  During the past eighteen years, we have grown into an importer, exporter, manufacturer, distributor, and retailer with offices in both Canada and the United States.  Our primary market is the United States, where we distribute an array of products from our warehouse in Niagara Falls, New York.  Our main product lines include the following items: 

Rabbit Skins, Furs, Hides, Skins, and Antlers

Craft Supplies, Beads, Buttons, Shells, and Driftwood

Leather Bags, Fur Hats, and Fur Accessories

Cow Skins, Sheep Skin Rugs, and Fur Rugs and Pillows

Trading Post Goods

Native American Arts and Crafts

Dinosaur Products

Gallery Quality Art

African Arts and Crafts

Curiosities and Exotica

Our customers include museums, gift shops, trading posts, theme parks, catalog retailers, manufacturers, crafts people, museum exhibit suppliers, and collectors.  We have customers in dozens of countries on every continent, including Antarctica.

We have active import programs underway in 20 countries:  Argentina, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Lesotho, Namibia, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Taiwan, South Africa, Spain, and Vietnam.

We also attend several trade shows per year. See our trade show schedule.

Products and Wholesale Catalog

All of our products are shown on this website.  We do not have a retail catalog.

Our 2011 wholesale price list is available free of charge to dealers only with a valid Retail Sales Tax License or Business Registration.

Please feel free to ask for suggestions or for more information on any of our products. Please browse the website and discover what we have to offer.

Contact Information

Please see Contact for our contact information.

For directions to the warehouse, please click HERE. The warehouse is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please call to make an appointment before visiting.

Our retail store is next door to our warehouse.  It is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  For directions to the store, please click HERE.

Canadian Staff Pictures

It's nice to be able to put a face to the name.  The pictures below include some of the people who you are likely to deal with at Chichester.

U.S. Staff Pictures

It's nice to be able to put a face to the name.  The pictures below include some of the people who you are likely to deal with at Chichester.

Corporate Structure

Chichester, Inc., is a privately held New York corporation.

Thank you!

Thank you for checking us out.  We hope we will be able to serve you!