Old Bleach Linen Co
of Randalstown, Couty Antrim, Northern Ireland. (1929)
London Showrooms: 26 Berner's Street.
1864 Company established in Randalstown, by Charles James Webb.
1898 Incorporated
1929 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Fine Damask Table Linen, Fancy Linens, etc. The Irish Linen Guild. (Stand Nos. T.9 and T.22) [1]
1933 Prospectus for shares. Directors are William Hubert Webb; James Porter Corry Gotto, Norman Fitzroy Webb, Charles James Webb and Patrick Brooke Webb.
1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Household Linen, Cotton and Fibro Goods. Fibro Dress Goods. Woven Furnishing Fabrics of Linen, Fibro and Wool. Printed Fabrics, Screen and Machine. Small Children's Dresses. (Earls Court, Ground Floor, Stand No. 84) [2]
1949 Manufacturers of Household Linen, Cotton and Fibro Goods, Fibro Dress Goods. Woven Furnishing Fabrics of Linen, Fibro and Wool. Printed Fabrics, Screen and Machine. Small Children’s Dresses.
1949/51 Place setting with linen damask table mat and napkin with woven pattern based on the crystal structure diagram of china clay. [3]
1967 'Rana' woven textile designed by Margaret Leichner. [4]
1971 Acquired by Carrington Viyella[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1929 British Industries Fair p128
- ↑ 1947 British Industries Fair p204
- ↑ [1] vads: Design Council Slide Collection
- ↑ [2] vads: Design Council Slide Collection
- ↑ The Times May 29, 1971