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Description: | The collection contains, from the knitting industry local companies who have donated archival material, including Cherub, Byfords, Harrison & Hayes, Russells and Picks. The Corah and Byford material includes several 19th- and 20th-century exhibition pieces, and is internationally known as a resource. Important material from Pick & Sons includes garments with sample swatches attached and a wide range of catalogues and advertisements, also the company archives in the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
International significance | Subjects: | Textile design Textiles Knitting Catalogues Advertisements Archives Textile industry | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 0116 299 5125 | Telephone: | 0116 299 5111 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5150 | Go to resource |
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