Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,713 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Portobello Place, Sheffield
Curled horse hair seating
Firm belonged to W. E. Laycock and others; joined by his son William Samuel Laycock
1890 Description of the horsehair cloth production process, with an illustration of a loom designed by William Samuel Laycock for weaving horsehair cloth horsehair weft, cotton or flax warp). 15-20 tons of horsehair were worked per week.[1]
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