by Gthomas | Jan 18, 2024 | Creators
Leonard St. John Tibbetts Great-grandson of Benjamin Warner. Managing Director of Warner & Sons c.1963 – 1980s. Upon the death of Alec Hunter, Tibbetts was in charge of New Mills, Braintree from 1958, managing the factory until its closure in 1971. Mr Reeves acted...
by Gthomas | Jan 18, 2024 | Creators
Bruce J Talbert 1838-1881. An architect and designer. He was born in Dundee. He worked as a furniture designer from 1865 and also designed textiles and wallpaper. Return to The...
by Gthomas | Jan 18, 2024 | Creators
Hilary June Swindells The daughter of Albert Swindells. June Swindells joined Warner & Sons as a designer, and was trained to transfer pattern to point paper to be made up into Jacquard cards. Return to The...
by Gthomas | Jan 17, 2024 | Creators
Albert Swindells Albert Swindells was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1902 and began work as an apprentice at Brocklehurst Mills, one of the most important silk mills in the town, at the age of 14. He came from a family with various links to the textile industry;...
by Gthomas | Jan 17, 2024 | Creators
Graham Sutherland 1903-1980. A painter and designer. He studied at Goldsmiths College of Art, London from 1921 to 1926. He taught at Kingston school of Art and at Chelsea School of Art. He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists from about 1932. And was...
by Gthomas | Jan 17, 2024 | Creators
Marianne Straub, RDI Marianne Straub was a woven textile designer active during the 1930s through to the 1970s. Straub was born in Amriswill, Switzerland in 1909 and spent much of her childhood in hospital, where she taught herself simple handcraft techniques. She...
