Furnishing fabric, woven moquette, American, before 1960, H. B. Lehman-Connor Co., Inc., plain green

Given by Sara Lee Courtaulds

From Courtaulds Design Library, group G5. The Courtaulds Design Library principally contained records from the Courtaulds’ factories at Halstead and Bocking, Essex, and Halifax, and the large collection that came into Courtaulds’ possession through its acquisition of Morton Sundour and Edinburgh Weavers in 1963. The library was used by designers within Courtaulds and was also available for the use of Courtaulds’ customers. Following the acquisition of Courtaulds by the international corporation Sara Lee and the subsequent change in the business it was decided that the V&A would be the most appropriate location for the collection to enable it to be appreciated and used more fully. The Library was donated to the V&A by Sara Lee Courtaulds in 2001.

Label: "H. B. LEHMAN-CONNOR CO., Inc. / 509 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK CITY / No. 60456 / Yds. 1/2 / Ordered By [illegible] / Pce. No. 4 / IMPORTANT / Examine these goods / before cutting as to quali- / ty, color, condition and / yardage. / No allowance will be / made after they are cut. / Workrooms should ob- / tain details of goods or- / dered to enable them to / ascertain if the material / delivered herewith is core- / rrect in every way. / H. B. LEHMAN-CONNOR CO., Inc."
Label: "MUSEUM & LIBRARY / MORTON SUNDOUR FABRICS LTD., CARLISLE / NUMBER 6384 / CASE SHELF / DATE AND ORIGIN OF ACQUISITION: / 1959 / DESCRIPTION: / U.S.A.”

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