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George M. Whiley

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of Middlesex

  • 1783 Company founded.
  • 1924 Private company.
  • 1958 Company made public.
  • 1961 Gold beaters, manufacturers of gold and silver leaf, stamping foils and metallised products. Wholesalers and retailers of brushes, artists sundries and gilders requisites. 250 employees. [1]
  • 1973 Patent GB1388155 1388155 Coated sheet materials GEORGE M WHILEY Ltd 13 March 1973 [2]
  • 1974 Patent GB1440449 1440449 Blocking GEORGE M WHILEY Ltd 11 Feb 1974 [3]
  • Geo M. Whiley Ltd made some type from toughened bronze. Their book "Catalogie of Whiley Type" shows some fonts by them: Devon, Kent, York, Lincoln, Warwick and Rutland. [4]


Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  2. ↑ [1] Wiki Patents
  3. ↑ [2] Wiki Patents
  4. ↑ [3] McGill University
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