Oriental Shops, Wholesalers and Manufacturers in Great Britain and Eire 1851-1951

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© Clive Rogers 2009

Name of Firm

Location

Date

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Treloar & Co

Ludgate Hill , London

19th and 20th cent

 

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G.P. & J Baker Ltd

19 Ivy Gate Lane Newgate , London 
after 9, Warwick Square , Newgate Street,
London

1886 to present day

established 1862 firstly  in Constantinople ( Istanbul ) with agents in Smyrna ( Izmir ) and latterly inLondon by George Baker, his two sons and family

Axminster Carpet Factory

Devon , England

demise circa 1835

Killybegs

Donegal

established Eire 1898

Kilcar

SW Donegal, Eire

established circa 1900

Gweedore

Donegal, Eire

established circa 1900

Templetons of Glasgow

established at Sutherland & Caithness ( handknotting carpet workshops )

circa 1900 - 1914

Allen & Co

London

19th cent

source Anthony Wynn , page 50 , Three Camels To Syrna

Zeigler & Co

Manchester

19th cent 

Major manufacturer importer and General trader opened branch in Sultanabad Persia 1883

Isaac Behar

Glasgow

20th cent

Joseph Hajiof
one daughter married a Slater so Isaacs son in law took on the firm Behar still operating today in Scotland.

 

Joseph Hajiof

London

from 1946

Victor Allouf 

Edinburgh

20th cent

ref . Joseph Hajiof

Wolfson & Jenkins

Glasgow

20th cent

ref . Joseph Hajiof

Army & Navy Co-operative ( subsequently Army & Navy Stores )

London

circa 1900

Department Store with Oriental Carpet Department

Crosslands

London

circa 1900

Department Store with Oriental Carpet Department

Debenham and Freebody

London

circa 1900

Department Store with Oriental Carpet Department

Hampton's

London

circa 1900

Department Store with Oriental Carpet Department

Howell and James

London

circa 1900

Department Store with Oriental Carpet Department

Lewis & Allenby

London

circa 1900

Department Store with Oriental Carpet Department

Marshall & Snellgrove

London,

circa 1900

Department Store with Oriental Carpet Department

Spencer Turner

London

circa 1900

Department Store with Oriental Carpet Department

Welch Margetson

London

circa 1900

Department Store with Oriental Carpet Department

"ANDERSON, LAWSON and Co."

Glasgow

19th c. ?

M

Voysey

"GINZKEY, MAFFERDSDORF"

Bohemia

19th c. ?

M

Voysey

HEAL and Son Ltd

London

M

Voysey

"LIBERTY and Co.,"

London

linen handwritten inventory and year

M + R

Voysey

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TOMKINSON and ADAM

Kidderminster

M

Voysey

YATES and Co.

London

M

Voysey

WILTON Carpet Factory

Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire England

1655 and re-established 1835 ( for hand knotted carpets rather than Brussells type)

M

www.wiltshiretouristguide.com/Articles/Article_28.asp

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various

"Donegal , Eire"

M

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? / Durham Castle

Durham

M

OMEGA STUDIOS _

London

M + D

Wilton

SYDNEY FRANSES and Co.

London

1909 - present

R

HARVEY NICHOLS

London

R

dept. + Bournemouth

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HARRODS

London

R

dept.

PETER JONES.

London

R

dept

WHYTOCK and REID

Edinburgh

R

dept

Ball & Lawrence

Manchester

R

MAPLES

London

see misc

R

and Smyrna

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PEREZ & Co

London

R

stencilled white painted stock nos

WILLIAM MORRIS and Co.

London

1861 - 1939

R

"founded as Morris, Marshal, Faulkner & Co."

CARDINAL and HARFORD

London

1792 - 1930s

red tapes with lettering

R

"coined expression 'Waterloo Turkey' addreses include 108/9 High Holborn / St. Helens Place , Bishopsgate / 34 Bruton Street W1"

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Jekyll's Ltd.

London

R

Dr. Martin / James Ballard / BADA

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"PLA - Port of London Authority, Cutler Street (see appendix for list)"

London

W

Colin Lunn

Oxford

R

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Abbey Leix carpet factory

Eire

1902/3 - 1911

M

"supplied Titanic, exhibited Brussells exposition 1910"

Kildare Carpet factory (inc. Abbey Leix 1911)

Eire

M

Wolfson & Shenkin

Glasgow

W

Celebes Carpets

London E1

W

Alouf Brothers

Edinburgh

R

Connoisseurs Corner

Leicester

D. Arditti

Bournemouth

R

Haroonoff & Co.

London E1

W

Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd.

"London , Paris , New York"

W + M

Behar & Co.

London

W

now Behar Profax

Eastern Carpets

London

est. circa1929

W + M

Persian and Oriental Carpets (S&I) Ltd.

London

1926-1930

"Dashwood House, London EC2"

Vigo Carpet Gallery

London

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