Records of Stoddard International plc, Design Archive, Mixed Modern and Contemporary 1870-1985

Weir, J, fl 1974, designer,

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Stoddard International plc 1871-2006 Elderslie, Scotland

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Mayers, Frederick J, fl 1896-1937, designer, Kidderminster, England,

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James Templeton & Co Ltd, 1938-1974, Glasgow, Scotland

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More, James J, fl 1908-2005, designer,

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Veen, Ton, fl 20th century, designer, Hilversum, The Netherlands,

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Stoddard International plc (carpet manufacturers : 1871-2006 : Elderslie, Scotland)

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A F Stoddard & Co Ltd was one of the United Kingdom's leading quality carpet manufacturers. Dating from 1862, the company enjoyed success in domestic and commercial carpet production. It went into receivership in 2005 and liquidation was completed in 2009. For a full administrative history see the main Stoddard International plc collection description. From the guide to the Records of A F Stoddard & Co Ltd, carpet manufacturers, Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 183...

Gray's Carpets Ltd (carpet manufacturers : 1876-1974 : Newton-on-Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland)

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In 1876 William C. Gray started producing carpets on two hand looms in a little shop in Carrick Street in Ayr. As production grew the company required larger premises and moved to a site in Newton-on-Ayr in 1877. It was on this site that the new factory would be built by the beginning of the 1880s. It appears that production increased in both amount and variety during the 1880s and 1890s. In 1880 Gray developed the Seamless Kidder Carpet. William C. Gray & Sons were producing su...

Gray's Carpets Ltd, 1876-1974, Newton-on-Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Duffy, P, fl 1976-1982, designer,

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Blackwood, Morton & Sons Ltd, 1908-2005, Kilmarnock, Scotland

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James Templeton & Co Ltd (carpet manufacturers : 1938-1974 : Glasgow, Scotland)

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James Templeton (1802-1885) was born in Campbeltown, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. He began his career in a small wholesale draper in Glasgow, Scotland, before working for a merchant house in Liverpool, England. He spent 3 years in Mexico on the company's behalf, then returned to Scotland where he gained experience in the Glasgow cotton industry before moving to Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Here he established a shawl-making business in 1829 at the age of 27. He became interested...

McDonald, W, fl 1975, designer,

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Blackwood, Morton & Sons Ltd (carpet manufacturers : 1908-2005 : Kilmarnock, Scotland)

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Blackwood Morton & Sons was a company that comprised of two Kilmarnock families that had a long tradition of weaving. The Blackwoods were cotton, worsted, and wool-spinners as early as the 1750s. By 1819 Robert Blackwood was a woollen manufacturer in the Kilmarnock area. The Kilmarnock and Riccarton Post Office Directory for 1846-47 listed Robert Blackwood as a wool-spinner and manufacturer in Wellington Street. Robert's son James Blackwood was listed as a wool-spinner and manuf...