Furnishing fabric, sample, printed, probably British, probably before 1992, probably Titley & Marr, floral pattern, stripes

Given by Sara Lee Courtaulds

From Courtaulds Design Library. 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.

Tilley & Marr postcard of 05/07/1991 which came packaged with T.3749-2018 to T.3789-2018 reads:
‘Dear Bernadette, / Thank you very much for the help you gave Ken & I in your archives. I’ve enclosed some samples of the range which we developed with weavestyle. The design “HOGARTH” is from your archives – The others are “made-up” co-ordinates. If you would like to have a larger piece, please just ask. / Regards, / Kate.’

T.3760-2018