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

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© Clive Rogers 2004

Name of Firm

Location

Date

Labels

Category

Misc

Image

"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

Liberty1910Thumb

Liberty1939Thumb

TOMKINSON and ADAM

Kidderminster

M

Voysey

YATES and Co.

London

M

Voysey

WILTON Carpet Co.

Wilton

M

various

"Donegal , Eire"

M

cvagary11a1a2a

? / Durham Castle

Durham

M

OMEGA STUDIOS _

London

M + D

Wilton

SYDNEY FRANSES and Co.

London

1909 - present

R

HARVEY NICHOLS

London

R

dept. + Bournemouth

cvagary10a2a

LabelHarveyNichols1a2a

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

LabelMaples1b1

Maple1920sThumb

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"

CardinalHartfordThumb

Jekyll's Ltd.

London

R

Dr. Martin / James Ballard / BADA

JekyllsThumb

"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