<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-21-023198.txt : 20210805
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-21-023198
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210805
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210805
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210805

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Pretlow Paula B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001688622

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14077
		FILM NUMBER:		211150106

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CION ARES MANAGEMENT LLC
		STREET 2:		2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90067

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WILLIAMS SONOMA INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000719955
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-HOME FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS & EQUIPMENT STORES [5700]
		IRS NUMBER:				942203880
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3250 VAN NESS AVENUE
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94109
		BUSINESS PHONE:		415-421-7900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3250 VAN NESS AVENUE
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94109
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    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2021-08-05</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000719955</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WILLIAMS SONOMA INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WSM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001688622</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Pretlow Paula B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>3250 VAN NESS AVE.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94109</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ David R. King, Attorney-in-Fact for Paula B. Pretlow</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-08-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): PAULA PRETLOW POA
<TEXT>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
members of theLegal and Compensation departments of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), including the (i) General Counsel, and
(ii) either Director or Vice President, Compensation & Benefits, and each of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, with respect to the Company,
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5
and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, including obtaining
EDGAR and other filing codes; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power or substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules under such Act.

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company
due to the undersigned's status as a director or officer of the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 22nd day of June, 2021.

/s/ Paula B. Pretlow
Signature

Paula Pretlow
Name
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