Toward researching the article ' RUGS OF THE YOUNG FRANCIS BACON ' recently published in Hali Magazine issue 162 by Jean Manuel de Norohna and myself it became important to obtain information from The Royal Wilton Carpet Factory. Having been taken over successively in recent years we were informed by the present company that the archive was destroyed twice over once in 1970 and again in the 1980s. The pursuit of evidence lead us to newly constructed The Swindon and Wiltshire History Centre in Chippenham Wiltshire where the remaining archive was discovered. The archive today contains photos, accounts, technical information and ephemera.

Records may be followed online via
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/results.aspx?tab=2&Page=1&ContainAllWords=2583&Repository=Wiltshire+and+Swindon+Archives


Wiltshire History Centre in Chippenham

Wilton designers preparing cartoons and art work - circa 1925?



Wilton weavers hand knotting a carpet on a very large loom frame circa 1925?
Location unknown possibly the main weaving sheds at the main mill at Wilton near Salisbury