THE
PERIOD BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS ( ca 1918 – 1940 )
PART II
A
LISTING OF THE PERSONAGES & FIRMS IN LONDON’S GREAT
INTERNATIONAL ORIENT RUG TRADE WHOSE FOCUS WAS THE PORT OF
LONDON’S ‘CUTLER STREET WAREHOUSE’.
E.
& O. E
BETWEEN
THE WARS (=1918 to 1940)
1.
ARMENIANS:
•
Abadjian
(Levon, and his two nephews Aram and Hrant)
•
Djivan.
Amassian
•
The
Armenian Rug Repairing Company (Pashaian)
•
A.
Beghian
•
Ezepos G.
Benlian (and his son Edward E. Benlian)
•
A.
Chimchirian
•
Ekisler (Of
the Standard Carpet Co. then of P & O.
Carpets)
•
Hagop &
Yervant Essefian
•
Vahan
Evrenian
•
Gulbenkian
•
Vahram
Gumuchdjian (might have been VAHAN, check with Paul
Nels)
•
Petrak
Izmidlian
•
Haroutiune
A. Kalaidjian
•
Kalbian
•
Kardash
•
Patrick
Kehyaian
•
Michael
Kendjian
•
Mark
Keshishian (arrived from the Near East, settled in London’s
Camomile Street for a couple of years, then re-settled in the USA
in the early 1930s. Founded the now well-known retail firm in his
own name in Washington, DC, now in Chevy Chase
(MD))
•
Vahan
Keshishian (no relation)
•
Dikran
Kutchukian
•
Edward
Arice Minassian (Obituary in HALI)
•
Mirkellian
•
H.A.
(Anikdos)_ Oundjian and his sons Vahé and Haig
•
Pashaian
•
Hagop
Shahinian, and his son Albert
•
Shamlian
•
Hagop
Silguidjian and his son Artin A. Silguidjian ( both of Brussels;
see entry under Izmidlian above )
•
Apraham
Tossounian
•
Yakoubian
and his son Gregory (his daughter Flora married Aram
Abadjian)
•
Sarkis
Zakarian
2. PERSIAN JEWS:
•
M. & D.
Aminoff,
( M
Aminoff , Daoud Aminoff )
•
Y.
Azizollahoff & Co. ( Yusuf Azizollahoff, A.R Azizollahoff &
I. Levy )
•
Benjamin
(stockbrocker, & financier of Tehran Carpet Co. Ltd and others
)
•
Ebrahimoff,
Djemshidoff & Co
•
E.J Elias
of Teheran Carpet Company
•
Haim
Elichaoff
•
Hajioff
•
Harounoff/
Kermanshah
Carpet
Company
•
Adolf
Heskell
•
K.R
Mouallem
•
H. A &
A. K Nagioff
•
Habib
Nehorai ( changed name to Henry Norell )
•
M. A
Samad
3.
OTHER PARTIES:
•
Solomon
Alfandary (from Berlin)
•
Anglo-Austrian Oriental
Carpet Co. ( Isaakides )
•
Anglo-Caucasian Carpet
Co.
•
Arcos
(London office for Soviet corporations)
•
M.S
Bayat
•
Bontor
& Wells
•
Breslin
Griffith
•
Cardinal
& Harford ( eventually owned by Behar )
•
Celebes
Storage ( Mr. Elgar )
•
Clarke
& Smith (India) Ltd
•
Eastern
Carpets Ltd
•
R. J .
LaFontaine ( La Fontaine and Jacoby )
•
H. Jacoby
(Of Germany’s PETAG)
•
Eastern
Trades (E.H. Athanassoglou)
•
Feldmann
•
Hale &
Son ( in the Indian trade )
•
Harvey (
broker )
•
Hindustan
Carpets Ltd. – importers of Indian carpets ( founded in 1939
and owned in equal shares by E. Benlian , H.A. Oundjian and P&O
Carpets )
•
K. R.
Mehrabi
•
John
Metaxides
•
A. B.
Nassirbecoff
•
O.C.M
(London) Ltd (originally The Oriental Carpet Manufacturers
Ltd)
•
A. Cecil
Edwards
•
Richard
Huffner
•
G. W
Seager
•
Papazoglou
(Importer of Greek Carpets)
•
Ridley
Brothers (Chinese importers, and
financiers)
•
Singleton
Benda (in the Indian trade)
•
Standard
Carpet Company Ltd. .
o
E. H
Athanassoglu
o
Ekisler
retyped Charlotte Fereday
further assisted Clive Rogers
Part I Pre 1914
Part III Up to 1973
GB Dealer History
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